Thesaurus: justice

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1. a. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
2. a. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
3. a. The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
4. a. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
5. a. A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
6. v. t. To administer justice to.
7. n. the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
8. n. the quality of being just or fair
9. n. judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
10. n. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice