Justice

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1. Adjective

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.

2. Adjective

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.

3. Adjective

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.

4. Adjective

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

5. Adjective

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

6. Verb

To administer justice to.

7. Noun

the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
Vocabulary classified under Law

8. Noun

a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Vocabulary classified under Law

9. Noun

the quality of being just or fair
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

10. Noun

judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
Vocabulary classified under Philosophy
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