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justice
('/dZ//@/st/I/s )

noun (n)

  • the quality of being just or fair(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    justness
    Antonym:
    injustice, unjustness
    source: wordnet30
  • judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    judge, jurist
    source: wordnet30
  • the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    department of justice, doj, justice department
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To administer justice to.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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