justice

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. a. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim. Source: opted

5. a. A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice. Source: opted

6. v. t. To administer justice to. Source: opted

7. n. the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 Source: wordnet

8. n. the quality of being just or fair Source: wordnet

9. n. judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments Source: wordnet

10. n. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice Source: wordnet

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