justice

See also: Justice

English

Etymology

From Middle English justice, borrowed from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Displaced native Middle English rightwished, rightwisnes (“justice”) (from Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice, righteousness”), compare Old English ġerihte (“justice”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)

1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

   the justice of a description

   • Shakespeare

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

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 another.

   to demand justice

4. The civil power dealing with law.

   Ministry of Justice

   the justice system

5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.

   Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court

6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Synonyms

• (judge of various lower courts): See judge
• (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary

Antonyms

• injustice

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Chief Justice
• commutative justice
• distributive justice

• divine justice
• do justice
• economic justice

• justice of the peace
• poetic justice
• puisne justice

• social justice
• strict justice

Related terms

Terms related to justice

• just

• justiciable

• justiciar

• unjust

Translations

state of being just or fair

• Albanian: drejtësi (sq) f
• Arabic: عَدْل‎‎ (ar) m (ʿadl)
• Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʿyun)
• Aromanian: dichii f
• Asturian: xusteza f, xusticia f
• Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
• Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ)
• Bulgarian: справедли́вост (bg) f (spravedlívost)
• Burmese: သမာသမတ် (my) (sa.masa.mat), တရား (my) (ta.ra:)
• Catalan: justesa f, justícia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛ (duyugodv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正義 (zh), 正义 (zh) (zhèngyì), 公道 (zh) (gōngdào), 公平 (zh) (gōngpíng)

• Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f
• Danish: ret (da) c, retfærdighed c
• Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl) f, rechtvaardigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: justeco
• Finnish: oikeudenmukaisuus (fi)
• French: justice (fr) f
• Friulian: justizie f
• Galician: xusteza f, xustiza f
• Georgian: სამართლიანობა (samartlianoba)
• German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f
• Greek: δικαιοσύνη (el) f (dikaiosýni)
• Gujarati: ન્યાયમૂર્તિ (nyāyamūrti)
• Hebrew: צֶדֶק‎‎ (he) m (tsédek)
• Hungarian: igazságosság (hu), pártatlanság
• Ido: equitato (io)
• Indonesian: keadilan (id)
• 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)
• Kazakh: әділеттілік (ädilettilik), әділдік (ädildik)
• Khmer: យុត្តិធម៌ (km) (yutte’-tʰoa)

• Korean: 정의 (ko) (jeong-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: داد‎‎ (dad)

  Northern Kurdish: dad (ku)

• Kyrgyz: адилдик (ky) (adildik), адилеттик (ky) (adilettik)
• Lao: ຍຸດຕິທັມ (nyut ti tham)
• Latin: iūstitia f
• Macedonian: правда (mk) f (pravda)
• Malay: adalat (ms)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: justesa f, justícia (oc) f
• Old Occitan: justicia f
• Pashto: نياو‎‎ (ps) m (nyāw)
• Persian: داد‎‎ (fa) (dâd), عدل‎‎ (fa) (adl)
• Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: justiça (pt) f, justeza (pt) f
• Romanian: justiție (ro) f, dreptate (ro) f, justețe (ro) f
• Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: còir f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра́во n, пра̑вда f

  Roman: právo (sh) n, prȃvda (sh) f

• Slovak: spravodlivosť f
• Slovene: pravica (sl) f, pravičnost (sl) f
• Spanish: justicia (es) f, justedad f, justeza f
• Swedish: rättvisa (sv)
• Thai: ความยุติธรรม (kwaam-yút-dtì-tam), ยุติธรรม (yút-dtì-tam), ความถูกต้อง
• Tibetan: དྲང་བདེན (drang bden)
• Turkish: adalet (tr)
• Turkmen: adalatlylyk (tk)
• Ukrainian: справедли́вість f (spravedlývistʹ)
• Uzbek: adolatlilik
• Yiddish: גערעכטיקייט‎‎ f (gerekhtikeyt)

fairness, especially with regard to punishment

• Arabic: عَدْل‎‎ (ar) (ʿadl)
• Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: justícia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛ (duyugodv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正義 (zh), 正义 (zh) (zhèngyì), 公道 (zh) (gōngdào), 公平 (zh) (gōngpíng), 公義 (zh), 公义 (zh) (gōngyì), 公義 (zh)

• Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f
• Danish: retfærdighed c
• Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl) f, recht (nl) n, rechtvaardigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: oikeus (fi)
• French: justice (fr) f, équité (fr) f
• German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: δικαιοσύνη f (dikaiosúnē)

• Hebrew: צדק‎‎ (he) m (tsédek)
• Hungarian: igazságszolgáltatás (hu)
• Italian: giustizia (it) f
• Japanese: 正義 (ja) (せいぎ, seigi)
• Khmer: តុលាការ (km) (to’laakaa)

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: edalet (ku), dad (ku)

• Latvian: justīcija f
• Lithuanian: justicija f
• Malay: keadilan
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Ngazidja Comorian: uâdilifu class 11
• Pashto: نياو‎‎ (ps) m (nyāw)
• Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: justiça (pt) f
• Romanian: justiție (ro)
• Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: còir f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̑вда f

  Roman: prȃvda (sh) f

• Slovene: pravica (sl) f
• Tagalog: hustisya
• Turkish: adalet (tr)
• Yiddish: גערעכטיקייט‎‎ f (gerekhtikeyt)

judgment and punishment of who wronged another

• Arabic: عَدْل‎‎ (ar) m (ʿadl)
• Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
• Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl) f, recht (nl) n, rechtsbedeling, berechting
• Finnish: oikeus (fi)
• French: justice (fr) f
• German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f, Genugtuung (de) f
• Hebrew: צדק‎‎ (he) m (tsédek)
• Khmer: សាលក្រម (km) (saal krɑm)

• Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: justiça (pt) f
• Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: còir f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̑вда f

  Roman: prȃvda (sh) f

• Turkish: adalet (tr)

the civil power dealing with law

• Arabic: عَدْل‎‎ (ar) m (ʿadl), عَدَالَة‎‎ f (ʿadāla)
• Armenian: արդարադատություն (hy) (ardaradatutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
• Belarusian: правасу́ддзе n (pravasúddzje), юсты́цыя f (justýcyja)
• Bengali: আদালত (adalôt)
• Bulgarian: правосъ̀дие (bg) n (pravosǎ̀die)
• Burmese: တရားစီရင်ရေး (ta.ra:cirang-re:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司法 (zh) (sīfǎ), 法官 (zh) (fǎguān)

• Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f, spravedlivost f
• Danish: retfærdighed c
• Dutch: gerecht (nl) n, justitie (nl), gerechtigheid (nl) f
• Estonian: õiglus (et)
• Finnish: oikeus (fi)
• French: justice (fr) f
• Georgian: მართლმსაჯულება (martlmsaǯuleba), სამართალი (samartali)
• German: Justiz (de) f, Gerechtigkeit (de) f
• Greek: δικαιοσύνη (el) f (dikaiosýni)
• Hebrew: מִשְׁפָּט‎‎ (he) m (mishpát)
• Hindi: न्याय (hi) m (nyāy)
• Hungarian: igazságszolgáltatás (hu)
• Italian: giustizia (it) f
• Japanese: 司法 (ja) (しほう, shihō), 法官 (ja) (ほうかん, hōkan)
• Kazakh: әділет (kk) (ädilet)
• Khmer: យុត្តិធម៌ (km) (yutte’-tʰoa)
• Korean: 사법 (ko) (sabeop), 법관 (ko) (beopgwan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: داد‎‎ (dad)

• Kyrgyz: юстиция (ky) (yustitsiya), адилеттик (ky) (adilettik)
• Lao: ຍຸດຕິທັມ (nyut ti tham), ຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳ (lo) (khuām nyut ti tham)
• Latvian: taisnīgums m, justīcija f

• Lithuanian: teisingumas m, justicija f
• Macedonian: правда (mk) f (pravda), правосудство n (pravosudstvo)
• Malay: adalat (ms)
• Maori: manatika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rettferdighet (no) m, f

• Pashto: عدالت‎‎ (ps) m (adālát), نياو‎‎ (ps) m (nyāw)
• Persian: عدالت‎‎ (fa) ('adâlat)
• Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: justiça (pt) f
• Romanian: justiție (ro) f
• Russian: правосу́дие (ru) n (pravosúdije), юсти́ция (ru) f (justícija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̑вда f

  Roman: prȃvda (sh) f

• Slovak: spravodlivosť f
• Slovene: pravosodje n
• Southern Altai: јаргы (ǰargï)
• Spanish: justicia (es) f
• Swedish: rättvisa (sv) c, rättfärdighet (sv) c
• Tajik: адолат (adolat)
• Tatar: гадәләт (ğadälät)
• Thai: ยุติธรรม (yút-dtì-tam), ความยุติธรรม (kwaam-yút-dtì-tam)
• Turkish: adalet (tr)
• Turkmen: adalat (tk)
• Ukrainian: правосу́ддя (uk) n (pravosúddja), юсти́ція (uk) f (justýcija)
• Urdu: عدالت‎‎ f ('adālat)
• Uyghur: ئادالەت‎‎ (adalet)
• Uzbek: adolat (uz), haqqoniyat (uz)
• Vietnamese: tư pháp (vi)

a judge of certain courts

• Catalan: justícia (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ (digugodisgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法官 (zh) (fǎguān), 裁判官 (zh) (cáipànguān)

• Dutch: raadsheer (nl) m (rough equivalent)
• Finnish: tuomari (fi)
• French: conseiller (fr) m (rough equivalent)
• Georgian: მოსამართლე (mosamartle)
• Hebrew: שופט‎‎ (he) m (shofét)

• Japanese: 裁判官 (ja) (さいばんかん, saibánkan), 法官 (ja) (ほうかん, hōkan)
• Khmer: ចៅក្រម (cav krɑm)
• Persian: قاضی‎‎ (fa) (qâzi)
• Polish: sędzia (pl) f
• Portuguese: chefe de justiça m, ministro (pt) m (rough equivalent)
• Romanian: judecător (ro) m
• Russian: судья́ (ru) m (sudʹjá)
• Swedish: domare (sv) c, justitieråd (sv) n (in the supreme courts of Sweden and Finland)

correctness

• Dutch: recht (nl) n
• Finnish: oikeus (fi)
• French: justice (fr) f
• Hebrew: צדק‎‎ (he) m (tsédek)
• Khmer: ភាពត្រឹមត្រូវ (pʰiep trəm trəv)

• Pashto: نياو‎‎ (ps) m (nyāw)
• Portuguese: justiça (pt) f
• Romanian: justețe (ro) f
• Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: còir f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} drejtë (sq) f
• Basque: ^{(please verify)} zuzentasun
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} справедливост (bg) f (spravedlivost), ^{(please verify)} правда (bg) f (pravda), ^{(please verify)} право (bg) n (pravo); (4) ^{(please verify)} правосъдие (bg) n (pravosǎdie)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} justícia (ca) f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} justico (administration of law)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} iustitia f

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} rettferdighet (no) c
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} drept (ro) n
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} justicia (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} rätt (sv), ^{(please verify)} rättvisa (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} న్యాయం (te) (nyāyaṃ)

See also

• fairness

Further reading

• justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia. Doublet of justesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒys.tis/

• Audio

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Noun

justice f (plural justices)

1. justice

Derived terms

Terms derived from justice

• justiticiable

• justiticier

Related terms

• juste

References

• etymology

Further reading

• “justice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.

Noun

justice f (plural justices)

1. (Jersey) justice

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Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of justise