justice
Plural: justices
Noun
- A judge of a court.
- the quality of being just or fair
- judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
- the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
- The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- The civil power dealing with law.
- A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
Examples
- Justice was served.
- Ministry of Justice
- Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- The dictionary served as the ultimate ’JUSTICE’ in their heated Scrabble debate.
- the justice of a description
- the justice system
- to demand justice
Origin / Etymology
From 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.
Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).
Synonyms
Department of Justice, DoJ, judge, jurist, Justice Department, justness, justiciar, justiciary
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
justice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjustice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
justice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary