English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English justice , 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- . Doublet of Justitia .
Displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes .
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justice (countable and uncountable , plural justices )
The state or characteristic of being just or fair .
the justice of a description
c. 1606 , William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ward] Blount , published 1623, OCLC 606515358 , [Act I, scene vii]: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
Correctness , conforming to reality or rules.
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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)
Basque: zuzentasun
Belarusian: справядлі́васць f ( spravjadlívascʹ )
Bengali: আদল ( adôl ) , ইনসাফ (bn) ( insaf ) , দাদ (bn) ( dad )
Bulgarian: справедли́вост (bg) f ( spravedlívost ) , пра́вда (bg) f ( právda )
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
Estonian: õiglus (et)
Faroese: rættvísi f
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 )
Hausa: adalci
Hebrew: צֶדֶק (he) m ( tsédek )
Hindi: न्याय (hi) m ( nyāy )
Hungarian: igazságosság (hu) , pártatlanság
Icelandic: réttlæti n , sanngirni f
Ido: equitato (io)
Igbo: mkpezi , ikpe ziri ezi
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 )
Kannada: ನ್ಯಾಯ (kn) ( nyāya )
Kapampangan: katalaruan
Kazakh: әділеттілік ( ädilettilik ) , әділдік ( ädildik )
Khmer: យុត្តិធម៌ (km) ( yuttethɔə )
Korean: 정의 (ko) ( jeong'ui )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: داد (ku) ( 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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rettferd m or f , rettferdighet (no) c
Nynorsk: rettferd f
Occitan: justesa f , justícia (oc) f
Old Occitan: justicia f
Old English: rihtwīsnes f
Old Norse: jafnaðr m
Oromo: qajeelummaa
Pashto: نياو (ps) m ( nyāw ) , عدل (ps) m ( ádәl ) , عدالت (ps) m ( adālát )
Persian: داد (fa) ( dâd ) , عدل (fa) ( 'adl ) , عدالت (fa) ( 'edâlat )
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 )
Sanskrit: धर्मः (sa) m ( dharmaḥ ) , धर्म (sa) m ( dharma ) , धर्मित्व (sa) m ( dharmitva )
Scottish Gaelic: còir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра́во n , пра̑вда f
Roman: právo (sh) n , prȃvda (sh) f
Slovak: spravodlivosť (sk) f
Slovene: pravica (sl) f , pravičnost (sl) f
Spanish: justicia (es) f , justedad f , justeza f
Swedish: rättvisa (sv)
Tagalog: katarungan (tl)
Tajik: адолат ( adolat )
Tatar: гадәләт ( ğadälät ) , гаделлек (tt) ( ğadellek )
Thai: ความยุติธรรม ( kwaam-yút-dtì-tam ) , ยุติธรรม ( yút-dtì-tam ) , ความถูกต้อง (th) ( kwaam-tùuk-dtɔ̂ng )
Tibetan: དྲང་བདེན ( drang bden )
Turkish: adalet (tr)
Turkmen: adalatlylyk (tk) , adalat (tk)
Ukrainian: справедли́вість f ( spravedlývistʹ )
Urdu: عدل (ur) ( 'adl ) , انصاف m ( inṣāf )
Uyghur: ئادالەت ( adalet )
Uzbek: adolatlilik , adolat (uz)
Yiddish: גערעכטיקייט f ( gerekhtikeyt )
Yoruba: idajọ
fairness, especially with regard to punishment
Arabic: عَدْل (ar) ( ʿadl ) , عَدَالَة f ( ʿadāla )
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
Georgian: სამართალი ( samartali ) , სამართლიანობა ( samartlianoba )
German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: δικαιοσύνη f ( dikaiosúnē )
Hebrew: צֶדֶק (he) m ( tsédek )
Hindi: न्याय (hi) m ( nyāy )
Hungarian: igazság (hu) , igazságosság (hu)
Italian: giustizia (it) f
Japanese: 正義 (ja) ( せいぎ, seigi )
Kannada: ನ್ಯಾಯ (kn) ( nyāya )
Khmer: តុលាការ (km) ( tolaakaa )
judgment and punishment of who wronged another
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: правосъ́дие (bg) n ( pravosǎ́die )
Burmese: တရားစီရင်ရေး ( ta.ra:cirang-re: )
Catalan: justícia (ca) f
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) , igazságügy (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) ( yuttethɔə )
Korean: 사법 (ko) ( sabeop ) , 법관 (ko) ( beopgwan )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: داد (ku) ( 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 or f
Pashto: عدالت (ps) m ( adālát ) , نياو (ps) m ( nyāw )
Persian: عدالت (fa) ( 'edâlat )
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 (sk) f
Slovene: pravosodje n
Southern Altai: јаргы ( ǰargï )
Spanish: justicia (es) f
Swedish: rättvisa (sv) c , rättfärdighet (sv) c , rätt (sv)
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
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Etymology [ edit ]
From Old French justise , justice , borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia . Doublet of justesse .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
justice f (plural justices )
justice
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Further reading [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Old French justise , justice , borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia ( “ righteousness, equity ” ) , from iūstus ( “ just ” ) , from iūs ( “ right ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- .
justice f (plural justices )
( Jersey ) justice
Old French [ edit ]
justice f (oblique plural justices , nominative singular justice , nominative plural justices )
Alternative form of justise