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Justness

The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause.

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Conformance 76% connected

Conformity.

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Conformity 76% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Righteousness 76% connected

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

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Equity 76% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Fairness 76% connected

The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Rightfulness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

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Just 74% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Just 74% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Justice 92% connected

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nicety 92% connected

The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rightness 92% connected

Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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