justice
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Example
“the justice of a description”
Other meanings
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”
Related words
- activist justice
- bed of justice
- bring to justice
- chief justice
- Jersey justice
- climate justice
- commutative justice
- court of justice
- cyberjustice
- distributive justice
- divine justice
- do justice
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "iūstitia" (righteousness, equity).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “justice” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.