Definitions for Justice

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Justice jus·tice

Spelling: [juhs-tis]

IPA: /ˈdʒʌs tɪs/

Justice is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in Justice (ceijstu).

Definitions for Justice

noun

1. the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness:
2. rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason:
3. the moral principle determining just conduct.
4. conformity to this principle, as manifested in conduct; just conduct, dealing, or treatment.
5. the administering of deserved punishment or reward.
6. the maintenance or administration of what is just by law, as by judicial or other proceedings:
7. judgment of persons or causes by judicial process:
8. a judicial officer; a judge or magistrate.
9. (initial capital letter). Also called Justice Department. the Department of Justice.
10. Donald, 1925–2004, U.S. poet.
11. a town in NE Illinois.

Idioms

1. bring to justice, to cause to come before a court for trial or to receive punishment for one's misdeeds:
2. do justice, to act or treat justly or fairly. to appreciate properly: to acquit in accordance with one's abilities or potentialities:

Origin of Justice

1150-1200; Middle English Old French Latin jūstitia, equivalent to jūst(us) just¹ + -itia -ice

Examples for Justice

My object in calling upon him was to induce him to do me justice at last.

He could order the justice Department to begin the necessary regulatory work.

We did justice to the supper, as we had not had anything to eat for thirty-two hours.

To do him justice, he would have done almost as much for them,—for any of them.

I suffer from no delusion that the justice system treats black and white equally.

That you will take tea with us to-morrow evening, and help us do justice to them.

We separate the search for justice from the search for truth at our peril.

Almost immediately, another group active at the protests called the justice League snitches.

"We're not anti-police, we're anti-police brutality," a member of the justice League told the crowd, to cheers.

They have claims on the magnanimity and, I may add, on the justice of this nation which we must all feel.