justice

English Online Dictionary. What means justice‎? What does justice mean?

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/
• Hyphenation: jus‧tice

Noun

justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)

1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

4. The civil power dealing with law.

5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
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

Related terms

Translations

See also

• fairness

Further reading

• justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjustɪt͡sɛ]

Noun

justice f

1. justice

   Synonym: spravedlnost

2. judicial system
3. administration of justice
4. (dated) gallows

Declension

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin jūstitia. Doublet of justesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒys.tis/

Noun

justice f (plural justices)

1. justice

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Dutch: justitie
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yustisi
  • → Indonesian: yustisi
  • → Javanese: ꦪꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦱꦶ (yustisi)
• → Swedish: justis

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.

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

Old French

Noun

justice oblique singular, f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)

1. Alternative form of justise