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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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justice


justice is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy throne. Ps. ixxxix. 11. The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of them. Shak.

[2] Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.

[3] The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one`s conduct or motives. This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Shak.

[4] Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.

[5] A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.


Synonyms:

equity
fairness
honesty
integrity
law
rectitude
right
uprightness
impartialit

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