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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 (date written), 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, [Act I, scene vii]:This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 8: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.
- 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
2024 March 4, Gail Collins, Bret Stephens, “Trump Is the Leading Man”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN: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.
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 106–107:As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
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state of being just or fair
- Albanian: drejtësi (sq) f
- Arabic: عَدْل (ar) m (ʕadl)
- Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʻyun)
- Aromanian: dichii f
- Asturian: xusteza f, xusticia f
- Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
- Basque: zuzentasun
- Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ)
- Bengali: আদল (bn) (adol), ইনসাফ (bn) (inośaph), 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/正义 (zh) (zhèngyì), 公道 (zh) (gōngdào), 公平 (zh) (gōngpíng)
- Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f
- Danish: ret (da) c, retfærdighed (da) 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 (gl) f
- Georgian: სამართლიანობა (samartlianoba)
- German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f
- Greek: δικαιοσύνη (el) f (dikaiosýni)
- Guaraní: tekojoja
- Gujarati: ન્યાયમૂર્તિ (nyāyamūrti)
- Hausa: adalci (ha)
- Hawaiian: kaulike
- Hebrew: צֶדֶק (he) m (tsédek)
- Hindi: न्याय (hi) m (nyāy), इनसाफ़ m (insāf)
- Hungarian: igazságosság (hu), pártatlanság (hu)
- 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 (ädılettılık), әділдік (ädıldık)
- Khmer: យុត្តិធម៌ (km) (yuttethɔə)
- Korean: 정의(正義) (ko) (jeong'ui), 공정(公正) (ko) (gongjeong), 공평(公平) (ko) (gongpyeong)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: داد (dad)
- Northern Kurdish: dad (ku)
- Kyrgyz: адилдик (ky) (adildik), адилеттик (ky) (adilettik)
- Lao: ຍຸດຕິທັມ (nyut ti tham)
- Latin: iūstitia f
- Latvian: taisnīgums m
- Lithuanian: teisingumas m
- Macedonian: правда (mk) f (pravda)
- Malay: adalat (ms)
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: шударга ёс (šudarga jos), үнэн (mn) (ünen)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rettferd m or f, rettferdighet (no) c
- Nynorsk: rettferd f
- Occitan: justesa (oc) 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 (adəl), عدالت (ps) m (adālat)
- 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 (th) (kwaam-yút-dtì-tam), ยุติธรรม (th) (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
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fairness, especially with regard to punishment
- Arabic: عَدْل (ar) (ʕadl), عَدَالَة f (ʕadāla)
- Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
- Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ)
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: justícia (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛ (duyugodv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 正義/正义 (zh) (zhèngyì), 公道 (zh) (gōngdào), 公平 (zh) (gōngpíng), 公義/公义 (zh) (gōngyì), 公義/公义 (zh) (gōngyì)
- Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f
- Danish: retfærdighed (da) c
- Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl) f, recht (nl) n, rechtvaardigheid (nl) f
- Finnish: oikeus (fi)
- French: justice (fr) f, équité (fr) f
- Galician: xustiza (gl) 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)
- Korean: 정의(正義) (ko) (jeong'ui)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: edalet (ku), dad (ku)
- Latin: iūstitia f
- Latvian: justīcija f
- Lithuanian: justicija f
- Malay: keadilan
- Maori: manatika
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Ngazidja Comorian: uâdilifu class 11
- Old English: rihtwīsnes f
- Pashto: نياو (ps) m (nyāw)
- Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f
- Portuguese: justiça (pt) f
- Romanian: dreptate (ro) f, justiție (ro) f
- Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: còir f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пра̑вда f
- Roman: prȃvda (sh) f
- Slovene: pravica (sl) f
- Tagalog: hustisya
- Tatar: гаделлек (tt) (ğadellek)
- Turkish: adalet (tr)
- Ukrainian: справедли́вість f (spravedlývistʹ)
- Yiddish: גערעכטיקייט f (gerekhtikeyt)
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judgment and punishment of who wronged another
the civil power dealing with law
- Arabic: عَدْل (ar) m (ʕadl), عَدَالَة f (ʕadāla)
- Armenian: արդարադատություն (hy) (ardaradatutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
- Belarusian: правасу́ддзе n (pravasúddzje), юсты́цыя f (justýcyja)
- Bengali: আদালত (bn) (adalot)
- 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 (da) c
- Dutch: gerecht (nl) n, justitie (nl), gerechtigheid (nl) f
- Estonian: õiglus (et)
- Finnish: oikeus (fi)
- French: justice (fr) f
- Galician: xustiza (gl) 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 (ädılet)
- Khmer: យុត្តិធម៌ (km) (yuttethɔə)
- Korean: 사법(司法) (ko) (sabeop), 법관(法官) (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 or f
- Pashto: عدالت (ps) m ('adālat), 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 (th) (yút-dtì-tam), ความยุติธรรม (th) (kwaam-yút-dtì-tam)
- Turkish: adalet (tr)
- Turkmen: adalat (tk)
- Ukrainian: правосу́ддя (uk) n (pravosúddja), юсти́ція (uk) f (justýcija)
- Urdu: عَدالَت f ('adālat)
- Uyghur: ئادالەت (adalet)
- Uzbek: adolat (uz), haqqoniyat (uz)
- Vietnamese: tư pháp (vi)
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a judge of certain courts
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Old French
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justice oblique singular, f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)
- Alternative form of justise