Thesaurus: just

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1. a. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.
2. a. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
3. a. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
4. adv. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
5. adv. Closely; nearly; almost.
6. adv. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
7. v. i. To joust.
8. n. A joust.
9. adj. used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
10. adj. fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
11. adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
12. adj. of moral excellence