justice

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: jus‧tice

NounEdit

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
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

SynonymsEdit

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

AntonymsEdit

injustice

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

state of being just or fair

Albanian: drejtësi (sq) f
Arabic: عَدْل‎ (ar) m (ʕadl)
Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʿyun)
Aromanian: dichii f
Asturian: xusteza f, xusticia f
Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
Basque: zuzentasun
Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ)
Bengali: আদল (adol), 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／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)
Guaraní: tekojoja
Gujarati: ન્યાયમૂર્તિ (nyāyamūrti)
Hausa: adalci
Hawaiian: kaulike
Hebrew: צֶדֶק‎ (he) m (tsédek)
Hindi: न्याय (hi) m (nyāy), इनसाफ़ m (insāf)
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 (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 (ku) (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 (adәl), 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

fairness, especially with regard to punishment

Arabic: عَدْل‎ (ar) (ʕadl), عَدَالَة‎ f (ʕadāla)
Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʿyun)
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 c
Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl) f, recht (nl) n, rechtvaardigheid (nl) f
Finnish: oikeus (fi)
French: justice (fr) f, équité (fr) f
Galician: xustiza 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
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)

judgment and punishment of who wronged another

Arabic: عَدْل‎ (ar) m (ʕadl)
Azerbaijani: ədalət (az)
Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ)
Bulgarian: пра́вда (bg) f (právda)
Dutch: gerechtigheid (nl) f, recht (nl) n, rechtsbedeling, berechting (nl)
Finnish: oikeus (fi)
French: justice (fr) f
Galician: xustiza f
Georgian: სამართლიანობა (samartlianoba), სამართალი (samartali), მართლმსაჯულება (martlmsaǯuleba)
German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f, Genugtuung (de) f
Hebrew: צֶדֶק‎ (he) m (tsédek)
Hungarian: igazság (hu)
Khmer: សាលក្រម (km) (saal krɑm)
Oromo: haqa
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)
Ukrainian: справедли́вість f (spravedlývistʹ)

the civil power dealing with law

Arabic: عَدْل‎ (ar) m (ʕadl), عَدَالَة‎ f (ʕadāla)
Armenian: արդարադատություն (hy) (ardaradatutʿyun)
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 c
Dutch: gerecht (nl) n, justitie (nl), gerechtigheid (nl) f
Estonian: õiglus (et)
Finnish: oikeus (fi)
French: justice (fr) f
Galician: xustiza 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) (ädılet)
Khmer: យុត្តិធម៌ (km) (yuttethɔə)
Korean: 사법(司法) (ko) (sabeop), 법관(法官) (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 ('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)

a judge of certain courts

Catalan: justícia (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ (digugodisgi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法官 (zh) (fǎguān), 裁判官 (zh) (cáipànguān), 大法官 (zh) (dà fǎguān)
Dutch: raadsheer (nl) m (rough equivalent)
Finnish: tuomari (fi)
French: conseiller (fr) m (rough equivalent), juge (fr) m or f (Canada)
Georgian: მოსამართლე (mosamartle)
Hebrew: שׁוֹפֵט‎ (he) m (shofét)
Hungarian: bíró (hu)
Irish: giúistís m
Japanese: 裁判官 (ja) (さいばんかん, saibánkan), 法官 (ja) (ほうかん, hōkan)
Kannada: ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶ (kn) (nyāyādhīśa)
Khmer: ចៅក្រម (caw krɑɑm)
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)
Spanish: justicia (es) m
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
Georgian: სამართლიანობა (samartlianoba)
Hebrew: צֶדֶק‎ (he) m (tsédek)
Khmer: ភាពត្រឹមត្រូវ (phiəptrəmtrəw)
Pashto: نياو‎ (ps) m (nyāw)
Portuguese: justiça (pt) f
Romanian: justețe (ro) f
Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: còir f

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