justice
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia.
Displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: jus‧tice
Noun
editjustice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)
- The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- the justice of a description
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii]:
- This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 8:
- God recognized the justice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.
- The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Justice was served.
- Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- to demand justice
- The civil power dealing with law.
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
- A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- 2024 March 4, Gail Collins, Bret Stephens, “Trump Is the Leading Man”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Gee, I guess that’s up to the justices. Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence.
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 106–107:
- As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
Synonyms
edit- (judge of various lower courts): See judge
- (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary
Antonyms
editDerived terms
edit- activist justice
- bed of justice
- bring to justice
- chief justice
- climate justice
- commutative justice
- court of justice
- distributive justice
- divine justice
- do justice
- economic justice
- e-justice
- fugitive from justice
- in the furtherance of justice
- in the interest of justice
- Jedburgh justice
- Jeddart justice
- Jedwood justice
- jungle justice
- justice delayed is justice denied
- justice-involved
- justice is blind
- Justice League
- justice-like
- justice of the peace
- justices' justice
- Justice Society
- minister of justice
- miscarriage of justice
- no justice no peace
- obstruction of justice
- open justice
- palm tree justice
- poetical justice
- poetic justice
- puisne justice
- reproductive justice
- restorative justice
- rough justice
- single justice procedure
- social justice
- social justice warrior
- strict justice
- territorial justice
- Texas justice
- transformative justice
- unwhipped of justice
- victor's justice
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editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editjustice f
- justice
- Synonym: spravedlnost
- judicial system
- administration of justice
- (dated) gallows
Declension
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin jūstitia. Doublet of justesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjustice f (plural justices)
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editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Etymology and history of “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
edit- “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.
Noun
editjustice f (plural justices)
Old French
editNoun
editjustice oblique singular, f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)
- Alternative form of justise
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