Thesaurus: justness

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1. n. The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause.
2. n. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
3. n. the quality of being just or fair
4. The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause. In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of action. Dryden. Note: Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed. Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.
5. The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety,accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness;equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description orrepresentation; the justness of a cause.In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all thejustness and gracefulness of action. Dryden.
6. n:100 n. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety