justice

English

Etymology

Middle English justice from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iustitia 'righteousness, equity', from iustus "just", from ius 'right', from Old Latin ious, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *yewes-. Replaced native Middle English rightwished, rightwisnes "justice" (from Old English rihtwīsnes "justice, righteousness", compare Old English ġerihte "justice").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/, SAMPA: /"dZVs.tIs/

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Noun

justice (usually uncountable; plural justices)

1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

   Justice was served

3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged (an)other(s).

   to demand justice

4. The civil power dealing with law.

   Ministry of Justice

   the justice system

5. A judge of certain courts. Also capitalized as a title.

   Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court

6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Antonyms

• injustice

Derived terms

Terms derived from "justice"

chief justice commutative justice

distributive justice do justice

justice of the peace puisne justice

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to "justice"

just justiciable

justiciar

unjust

Translations

state of being just or fair

Arabic: عدل (ar) (`adl) m. Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarut’yun) Azeri: ədalət (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 正義 (cmn), 正义 (cmn) (zhèngyì), 公道 (cmn) (gōngdào), 公平 (cmn) (gōngpíng) Croatian: právo (hr) n., prȃvda (hr) f. Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f. Danish: ret c., retfærdighed c. Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl), rechtvaardigheid (nl) Esperanto: justeco (eo) French: justice (fr) f. German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f. Greek: δικαιοσύνη (el) f. Hungarian: igazságosság (hu), pártatlanság (hu)

Italian: giustizia (it) f. Japanese: 正義 (ja) (せいぎ, seigi), 公正 (ja) (こうせい, kōsei), 公平 (ja) (こうへい, kōhei) Kurdish: داد (ku) Malay: adalat (ms) Old Provençal: justicia Persian: داد (fa) (dâd), عدل (fa) (adl) Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f. Romanian: justiție (ro), dreptate (ro) f., justețe (ro) f. Russian: справедливость (ru) (spravedlívost') f. Scottish Gaelic: còir (gd) f. Slovene: pravica (sl) f., pravičnost (sl) f. Spanish: justicia (es) f. Swedish: rättvisa (sv) f. Turkish: adalet (tr) Yiddish: גערעכטיקייט (yi) (gerekhtikeyt) f.

fairness, especially with regard to punishment

Arabic: عدل (ar) (`adl) Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarut’yun) Azeri: ədalət (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 正義 (cmn), 正义 (cmn) (zhèngyì), 公道 (cmn) (gōngdào), 公平 (cmn) (gōngpíng), 公義 (cmn), 公义 (cmn) (gōngyì), 公義 (cmn) Croatian: prȃvda (hr) f. Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f. Danish: retfærdighed c. Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl), recht (nl), rechtvaardigheid (nl) French: justice (fr)

German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f. Hungarian: igazságszolgáltatás (hu) Italian: giustizia (it) f. Japanese: 正義 (ja) (せいぎ, seigi) Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f. Romanian: justiție (ro) Russian: справедливость (ru) (spravedlívost') f. Scottish Gaelic: còir (gd) f. Slovene: pravica (sl) f. Turkish: adalet (tr) Yiddish: גערעכטיקייט (yi) (gerekhtikeyt) f.

judgment and punishment of who wronged (an)other(s)

Arabic: عدل (ar) (`adl) m. Azeri: ədalət  (az) Croatian: prȃvda (hr) f. Dutch: gerechtigheid, recht, rechtsbedeling, berechting French: justice (fr)

Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f. Russian: справедливость (ru) (spravedlívost') f. Scottish Gaelic: còir (gd) f. Turkish: adalet (tr)

the civil power dealing with law

Arabic: عدل (ar) (`adl) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 司法 (cmn) (sīfǎ), 法官 (cmn) (fǎguān) Croatian: prȃvda (hr) f. Dutch: gerecht (nl) n., justitie (nl) French: justice (fr)

Japanese: 司法 (ja) (しほう, shihō) Kurdish: داد (ku) (dad) Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f. Romanian: justiție (ro) f. Russian: правосудие (ru) (pravosúdije) n., юстиция (ru) (justícija) f. Spanish: justicia (es) f.

a judge of certain courts

Chinese: Mandarin: 法官 (cmn) (fǎguān), 裁判官 (cmn) (cáipànguān) Dutch: raadsheer (rough equivalent) French: conseiller (rough equivalent)

Japanese: 裁判官 (ja) (さいばんかん, saibánkan), 法官 (ja) (ほうかん, hōkan) Polish: sędzia (pl) f. Romanian: judecător (ro) m. Russian: судья (ru) (sud'já) m.

correctness

Dutch: recht (nl) French: justice (fr) Romanian: justețe (ro) f.

Russian: справедливость (ru) (spravedlívost') f. Scottish Gaelic: còir (gd) f.

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Albanian: drejtë f. Bulgarian: (1, 2, 3) справедливост f., правда f., право n.; (4) правосъдие n. Catalan: justícia f. Esperanto: justeco (state of being just); justico (administration of law)

Latin: iustitia f. Norwegian: rettferdighet Portuguese: justiça Romanian: drept f. and m. Spanish: justicia f. Swedish: rätt, rättvisa Telugu: న్యాయం (nyaayam) (1, 2)

See also

• fairness
• poetic justice
• strict justice
• divine justice

External links

• Justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: success · instance · sake · #907: justice · offer · promise · obliged

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iustitia, from iustus "just", from ius "right"

Pronunciation

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Noun

justice f. (plural justices)

1. justice

Derived terms

• juste
• justiticiable
• justiticier

References

• etymology

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Old French

Noun

justice f. (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)

1. Alternative form of justise.