"justice" Definition

Definitions for the word "justice" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To administer justice to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 justness, fairness. 2 authority exercised in the maintenance of right. 3 judicial proceedings (brought to justice; court of justice). 4 magistrate; judge. do justice to 1 treat fairly. 2 appreciate properly. Do oneself justice perform at one''s best. With justice reasonably. [latin justitia]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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