justice

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/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/

noun 6name 5

Collocations

(noun.) fairness

ADJ

economic, natural, social

rough

When the bully finally tripped and fell, some students felt it was rough justice for all his meanness.

divine

When the corrupt official finally faced consequences, many believed it was divine justice.

VERB + JUSTICE

ask for, want

The victims of the accident wanted justice for what had happened to them.

get

deny sb

The court denied justice to the victims who waited years for a fair trial.

PHRASES

a sense of justice

My friend refused to accept the unfair decision because she has a strong sense of justice.

(noun.) law

ADJ

civil, criminal, juvenile

VERB + JUSTICE

The judge promised that justice would be done for the victims of the crime.

bring sb to

escape

The corrupt official managed to escape justice for many years before finally being caught.

JUSTICE + NOUN

department

PHRASES

a miscarriage of justice

The investigation revealed a miscarriage of justice that finally freed the wrongly convicted man.

pervert the course of justice

The judge warned that lying in court would constitute perverting the course of justice.

Definitions

noun

The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

the justice of a description

This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.

The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

Justice was served.

Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

to demand justice

The civil power dealing with law.

Ministry of Justice

the justice system

A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.

Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court

Gee, I guess that’s up to the justices. Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence.

noun

The title of a justice of court.

name

A surname originating as an occupation.

A male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice.

Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.

A place in the United States:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quality of being just or fair

justness

noun — the United States federal department responsible for enforci

noun — a public official authorized to decide questions brought bef

Antonyms

injustice
unjustness

Idioms & Phrases

do justice

To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

It was classified as "all others" under vehicle type […], but that category doesn't do a motorized barstool justice.

bring to justice

To cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.

justice delayed is justice denied

If a wrong is not redressed within a reasonable time, it is as though the wrong were not redressed at all.

It is an old maxim that ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ and another might be added, perhaps equally true, that justice bought is valueless.

in the interest of justice

the reason of case dismissal used when the judge decides that justice will be best served when the case is dismissed

justice is blind

Justice is to be meted out impartially, without regard to the identity of the individual being tried.

Example Bank

the justice of a description

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This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.

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God recognized the justice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.

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Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.

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Justice is expensive.

Tatoeba · #1867

Don't you have a sense of justice?

Tatoeba · #17510

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