Definitions for justiceˈdʒʌs tɪs

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. justice, justness(noun)

    the quality of being just or fair

  2. justice(noun)


  3. judge, justice, jurist(noun)


  4. Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ(noun)



  1. justice(Noun)

    The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

  2. justice(Noun)

    The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

    Justice was served

  3. justice(Noun)

    Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged (an)other(s).

    to demand justice

  4. justice(Noun)

    The civil power dealing with law.

  5. justice(Noun)

    A judge of certain courts. Also capitalized as a title.

    Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court

  6. justice(Noun)

    Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

  7. Origin: justice from justise, justice (Modern justice), from iustitia 'righteousness, equity', from iustus "just", from ius 'right', from ious, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from yewes-. Replaced native rightwished, rightwisnes "justice" (from rihtwīsnes "justice, righteousness", compare ġerihte "justice").

Webster Dictionary

  1. Justice(adj)


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  4. Justice(adj)

    agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim

  5. Justice(adj)

    a person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice

  6. Justice(verb)

    to administer justice to


  1. Justice


The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Justice

    1, High Court Of, one of the two great sections of the English Supreme Courts; 2, Lord Chief, the chief judge of the Queen's Bench division of it; 3, Lord Justice-General, supreme judge in Scotland, the Lord President of the Court of Session; 4, of the Peace, the title of a petty county or borough magistrate of multifarious duties and jurisdiction; 5, Lords Justices, judges of the English Court of Appeal.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. justice

    A system of revenge where the State imitates the criminal.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz


    Fair play; often sought, but seldom discovered, in company with Law. A chip of the old block--A daughter of the Tenderloin. K One man's meat is another man's finish--Canned Beef in Cuba. KANGAROO A hard drinker from Australia, especially fond of hops, and generally carrying a load.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'justice' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1522

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'justice' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2867

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'justice' in Nouns Frequency: #630

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