justice

justice

See also: Justice

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: jus‧tice

Noun

justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)

1. 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 606515358, [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.

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 when placed before a name.

   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

• chief justice
• commutative justice
• distributive justice
• divine justice
• do justice
• economic justice
• justice delayed is justice denied
• Justice League
• justice of the peace
• Justice Society
• no justice no peace
• poetic justice
• puisne justice
• social justice
• strict justice

 

Related terms

• 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) Basque: zuzentasun Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ) Bengali: আদল (adôlô), 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) (ʿadl), عَدَالَة‎ f (ʿadāla) 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) 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 (ʿadl) 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 (ʿadl), عَدَالَة‎ f (ʿadāla) Armenian: արդարադատություն (hy) (ardaradatutʿyun) Azerbaijani: ədalət (az) Belarusian: правасу́ддзе n (pravasúddzje), юсты́цыя f (justýcyja) Bengali: আদালত (bn) (adalôtô) 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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Albanian: (please verify) drejtë (sq) f Basque: (please verify) zuzentasun Catalan: (please verify) justícia (ca) f Esperanto: (please verify) justico (administration of law) Latin: (please verify) iustitia f Norwegian: Bokmål: (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) (nyāyaṁ)

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

  (file)

Noun

justice f (plural justices)

1. justice

Derived terms

• bois de justice
• huissier de justice
• justice sociale
• justiciable
• justicier
• lit de justice
• palais de justice
• parodie de justice
• poursuivre en justice
• raide comme la justice
• rendre justice
• repris de justice

 

Related terms

• injuste
• injustement
• injustice
• juste
• justement
• justesse

 

References

• Etymology and history of “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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