FromMiddle English justice Old French justise justice French justice Latin iūstitia ( “ righteousness, equity ” ) , fromiūstus ( “ just ” ) , fromiūs ( “ right ” ) , fromProto-Italic *jowos Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Doublet ofJustitia
Displaced nativeOld English rihtwīsnes
justice (countable anduncountable plural justices
The state or characteristic of beingjust orfair .thejustice of a description
c. 1606 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene vii] :This even-handedjustice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
2001 Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary , page 8:God recognized thejustice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.
The ideal offairness ,impartiality , etc., especially with regard to thepunishment ofwrongdoing .Justice was served.
Judgment and punishment of a party who hasallegedly wronged another.to demandjustice
Thecivil power dealing withlaw .Ministry ofJustice
thejustice system
A title given tojudges of certaincourts ;capitalized when placed before a name.Mr.Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
2024 March 4, Gail Collins, Bret Stephens, “Trump Is the Leading Man”, inThe New York Times [1] →ISSN Gee, I guess that’s up to thejustices . Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence.
Correctness ,conforming to reality or rules.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift ], “Of the Inhabitants ofLilliput ; [ … ] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [ … ] [ Gulliver’s Travels ] , volume I, London: [ … ] Benj[ amin] Motte , [ … ] →OCLC pages106–107 :As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exactJuſtice .
state of being just or fair
Albanian:drejtësi (sq) f Arabic:عَدْل (ar) m ( ʕadl ) Armenian:արդարություն (hy) ( ardarutʻyun ) Aromanian:dichii f Asturian:xusteza f xusticia f Azerbaijani:ədalət (az) Basque:zuzentasun Belarusian:справядлі́васць f ( spravjadlívascʹ ) Bengali:আদল (bn) ( adol ) ,ইনসাফ (bn) ( inośaph ) ,দাদ (bn) ( dad ) Bulgarian:справедли́вост (bg) f ( spravedlívost ) ,пра́вда (bg) f ( právda ) Burmese:သမာသမတ် (my) ( sa.masa.mat ) ,တရား (my) ( ta.ra: ) Catalan:justesa f justícia (ca) f Cherokee:ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ( duyugodv ) Chinese:Mandarin:正義 / 正义 (zh) ( zhèngyì ) ,公道 (zh) ( gōngdào ) ,公平 (zh) ( gōngpíng ) Czech:spravedlnost (cs) f Danish:ret (da) c retfærdighed (da) c Dutch:gerechtigheid (nl) f rechtvaardigheid (nl) f Esperanto:justeco Estonian:õiglus (et) Faroese:rættvísi f Finnish:oikeudenmukaisuus (fi) French:justice (fr) f Friulian:justizie f Galician:xusteza f xustiza (gl) f Georgian:სამართლიანობა ( samartlianoba ) German:Gerechtigkeit (de) f Greek:δικαιοσύνη (el) f ( dikaiosýni ) Guaraní:tekojoja Gujarati:ન્યાય m ( nyāya ) ,ઇનસાફ m ( inasāph ) Hausa:adalci (ha) Hawaiian:kaulike Hebrew:צֶדֶק (he) m ( tsédek ) Hindi:न्याय (hi) m ( nyāy ) ,इनसाफ़ m ( insāf ) Hungarian:igazságosság (hu) ,pártatlanság (hu) Icelandic:réttlæti n sanngirni f Ido:equitato (io) Igbo:mkpezi ikpe ziri ezi Indonesian:keadilan (id) Italian:giustizia (it) f Japanese:正義 (ja) ( せいぎ, seigi ) ,公正 (ja) ( こうせい, kōsei ) ,公平 (ja) ( こうへい, kōhei ) Kannada:ನ್ಯಾಯ (kn) ( nyāya ) Kapampangan:katalaruan Kazakh:әділеттілік ( ädılettılık ) ,әділдік ( ädıldık ) Khmer:យុត្តិធម៌ (km) ( yuttethɔə ) Korean:정의(正義) (ko) ( jeong'ui ) ,공정(公正) (ko) ( gongjeong ) ,공평(公平) (ko) ( gongpyeong ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:داد ( dad ) Northern Kurdish:dad (ku) Kyrgyz:адилдик (ky) ( adildik ) ,адилеттик (ky) ( adilettik ) Lao:ຍຸດຕິທັມ ( nyut ti tham ) Latin:iūstitia f Latvian:taisnīgums m Lithuanian:teisingumas m Macedonian:правда (mk) f ( pravda ) Malay:adalat (ms) Maori:huatika Marathi:न्याय m ( nyāy ) Mirandese:please add this translation if you can Mongolian:Cyrillic:шударга ёс ( šudarga jos ) ,үнэн (mn) ( ünen ) Norwegian:Bokmål:rettferd m or f rettferdighet (no) c Nynorsk:rettferd f Occitan:justesa (oc) f justícia (oc) f Old Occitan:justicia f Old English:rihtwīsnes f Old Norse:jafnaðr m Oromo:qajeelummaa Ottoman Turkish:عدالت ( ʼadalet ) ,قسط ( kıst ) Pashto:نياو (ps) m ( nyāw ) ,عدل (ps) m ( adəl ) ,عدالت (ps) m ( adālat ) Persian:Iranian Persian:داد (fa) ( dâd ) ,عَدْل ( adl ) ,عَدالَت ( adâlat ) Polish:sprawiedliwość (pl) f Portuguese:justiça (pt) f justeza (pt) f Romanian:justiție (ro) f dreptate (ro) f justețe (ro) f Russian:справедли́вость (ru) f ( spravedlívostʹ ) Sanskrit:धर्मः (sa) m ( dharmaḥ ) ,धर्म (sa) m ( dharma ) ,धर्मित्व (sa) m ( dharmitva ) Scottish Gaelic:còir f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:пра́во n пра̑вда f Roman:právo (sh) n prȃvda (sh) f Slovak:spravodlivosť (sk) f Slovene:pravica (sl) f pravičnost (sl) f Spanish:justicia (es) f justedad f justeza f Swedish:rättvisa (sv) Tagalog:katarungan (tl) Tajik:адолат ( adolat ) Tatar:гадәләт ( ğadälät ) ,гаделлек (tt) ( ğadellek ) Thai:ความยุติธรรม (th) ( kwaam-yút-dtì-tam ) ,ยุติธรรม (th) ( yút-dtì-tam ) ,ความถูกต้อง (th) ( kwaam-tùuk-dtɔ̂ng ) Tibetan:དྲང་བདེན ( drang bden ) Turkish:adalet (tr) Turkmen:adalatlylyk (tk) ,adalat (tk) Ukrainian:справедли́вість f ( spravedlývistʹ ) Urdu:عَدْل (ur) m ( 'adl ) ,اِنْصَاف m ( insāf ) ,عَدالَت f ( 'adālat ) Uyghur:ئادالەت ( adalet ) Uzbek:adolatlilik adolat (uz) Yiddish:גערעכטיקייט f ( gerekhtikeyt ) Yoruba:idajọ
fairness, especially with regard to punishment
Arabic:عَدْل (ar) ( ʕadl ) ,عَدَالَة f ( ʕadāla ) Armenian:արդարություն (hy) ( ardarutʻyun ) Azerbaijani:ədalət (az) Belarusian:справядлі́васць f ( spravjadlívascʹ ) Burmese:please add this translation if you can Catalan:justícia (ca) f Cherokee:ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ( duyugodv ) Chinese:Mandarin:正義 / 正义 (zh) ( zhèngyì ) ,公道 (zh) ( gōngdào ) ,公平 (zh) ( gōngpíng ) ,公義 / 公义 (zh) ( gōngyì ) ,公義 / 公义 (zh) ( gōngyì ) Czech:spravedlnost (cs) f Danish:retfærdighed (da) c Dutch:gerechtigheid (nl) f recht (nl) n rechtvaardigheid (nl) f Finnish:oikeus (fi) French:justice (fr) f équité (fr) f Galician:xustiza (gl) f Georgian:სამართალი ( samartali ) ,სამართლიანობა ( samartlianoba ) German:Gerechtigkeit (de) f Greek:Ancient:δικαιοσύνη f ( dikaiosúnē ) Hebrew:צֶדֶק (he) m ( tsédek ) Hindi:न्याय (hi) m ( nyāy ) Hungarian:igazság (hu) ,igazságosság (hu) Italian:giustizia (it) f Japanese:正義 (ja) ( せいぎ, seigi ) Kannada:ನ್ಯಾಯ (kn) ( nyāya ) Khmer:តុលាការ (km) ( tolaakaa ) Korean:정의(正義) (ko) ( jeong'ui ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:edalet (ku) ,dad (ku) Latin:iūstitia f Latvian:justīcija f Lithuanian:justicija f Malay:keadilan Maori:manatika Marathi:न्याय m ( nyāy ) Mirandese:please add this translation if you can Ngazidja Comorian:uâdilifu class11 Old English:rihtwīsnes f Ottoman Turkish:عدالت ( ʼadalet ) Pashto:نياو (ps) m ( nyāw ) Polish:sprawiedliwość (pl) f Portuguese:justiça (pt) f Romanian:dreptate (ro) f justiție (ro) f Russian:справедли́вость (ru) f ( spravedlívostʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:còir f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:пра̑вда f Roman:prȃvda (sh) f Slovene:pravica (sl) f Tagalog:hustisya Tatar:гаделлек (tt) ( ğadellek ) Turkish:adalet (tr) Ukrainian:справедли́вість f ( spravedlývistʹ ) Yiddish:גערעכטיקייט f ( gerekhtikeyt )
judgment and punishment of who wronged another
the civil power dealing with law
Albanian:drejtësi (sq) f Arabic:عَدْل (ar) m ( ʕadl ) ,عَدَالَة f ( ʕadāla ) Armenian:արդարադատություն (hy) ( ardaradatutʻyun ) Azerbaijani:ədalət (az) Belarusian:правасу́ддзе n ( pravasúddzje ) ,юсты́цыя f ( justýcyja ) Bengali:আদালত (bn) ( adalot ) Bulgarian:правосъ́дие (bg) n ( pravosǎ́die ) Burmese:တရားစီရင်ရေး ( ta.ra:cirang-re: ) Catalan:justícia (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:司法 (zh) ( sīfǎ ) ,法官 (zh) ( fǎguān ) ,正義 / 正义 (zh) ( zhèngyì ) Czech:spravedlnost (cs) f spravedlivost f Danish:retfærdighed (da) c Dutch:gerecht (nl) n justitie (nl) ,gerechtigheid (nl) f Estonian:õiglus (et) Finnish:oikeus (fi) French:justice (fr) f Galician:xustiza (gl) f Georgian:მართლმსაჯულება ( martlmsaǯuleba ) ,სამართალი ( samartali ) German:Justiz (de) f Gerechtigkeit (de) f Greek:δικαιοσύνη (el) f ( dikaiosýni ) Hebrew:מִשְׁפָּט (he) m ( mishpát ) Hindi:न्याय (hi) m ( nyāy ) ,न्यायालय (hi) ( nyāyālay ) Hungarian:igazságszolgáltatás (hu) ,igazságügy (hu) Icelandic:réttlæti n Italian:giustizia (it) f Japanese:司法 (ja) ( しほう, shihō ) ,法官 (ja) ( ほうかん, hōkan ) Kazakh:әділет ( ädılet ) Khmer:យុត្តិធម៌ (km) ( yuttethɔə ) Korean:사법(司法) (ko) ( sabeop ) ,법관(法官) (ko) ( beopgwan ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:داد ( dad ) Northern Kurdish:dad (ku) ,edalet (ku) Kyrgyz:юстиция (ky) ( yustitsiya ) ,адилеттик (ky) ( adilettik ) Lao:ຍຸດຕິທັມ ( nyut ti tham ) ,ຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳ (lo) ( khuām nyut ti tham ) Latvian:taisnīgums m justīcija f Lithuanian:teisingumas m justicija f Macedonian:правда (mk) f ( pravda ) ,правосудство n ( pravosudstvo ) Malay:adalat (ms) Maori:manatika Marathi:न्याय m ( nyāy ) Norwegian:Bokmål:rettferdighet (no) m or f Nynorsk:rettferd f Pashto:عدالت (ps) m ( 'adālat ) ,نياو (ps) m ( nyāw ) Persian:Dari:عَدَالَت ( adālat ) Iranian Persian:عَدالَت ( adâlat ) Polish:sprawiedliwość (pl) f Portuguese:justiça (pt) f Romanian:justiție (ro) f Russian:правосу́дие (ru) n ( pravosúdije ) ,юсти́ция (ru) f ( justícija ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:пра̑вда f Roman:prȃvda (sh) f Slovak:spravodlivosť (sk) f Slovene:pravosodje n pravičnost (sl) f Southern Altai:јаргы ( ǰargï ) Spanish:justicia (es) f Swedish:rättvisa (sv) c rättfärdighet (sv) c rätt (sv) c Tajik:адолат ( adolat ) Tatar:гадәләт ( ğadälät ) Thai:ยุติธรรม (th) ( yút-dtì-tam ) ,ความยุติธรรม (th) ( kwaam-yút-dtì-tam ) Turkish:adalet (tr) Turkmen:adalat (tk) Ukrainian:правосу́ддя (uk) n ( pravosúddja ) ,юсти́ція (uk) f ( justýcija ) Urdu:عَدالَت f ( 'adālat ) ,اِنْصَاف m ( insāf ) Uyghur:ئادالەت ( adalet ) Uzbek:adolat (uz) ,haqqoniyat (uz) Vietnamese:tư pháp (vi)
a judge of certain courts
Catalan:justícia (ca) m Cherokee:ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ ( digugodisgi ) Chinese:Mandarin:法官 (zh) ( fǎguān ) ,裁判官 (zh) ( cáipànguān ) ,大法官 (zh) ( dà fǎguān ) Dutch:raadsheer (nl) m ( rough equivalent ) Finnish:tuomari (fi) French:conseiller (fr) m ( rough equivalent ) ,juge (fr) m or f ( Canada ) Georgian:მოსამართლე ( mosamartle ) Gujarati:ન્યાયમૂર્તિ f ( nyāyamūrti ) ,જસ્ટિસ m ( jasṭis ) ,ન્યાયાધીશ m ( nyāyādhīś ) Hebrew:שׁוֹפֵט (he) m ( shofét ) Hindi:न्यायाधीश (hi) m ( nyāyādhīś ) ,न्यायमूर्ति ( nyāymūrti ) Hungarian:bíró (hu) Irish:giúistís m Japanese:裁判官 (ja) ( さいばんかん, saibánkan ) ,法官 (ja) ( ほうかん, hōkan ) Kannada:ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶ (kn) ( nyāyādhīśa ) Khmer:ចៅក្រម ( caw krɑɑm ) Marathi:जस्टिस m ( jasṭis ) Persian:Iranian Persian:قاضی (fa) ( ğâzi ) Polish:sędzia (pl) f Portuguese:chefe de justiça m ministro (pt) m ( rough equivalent ) Romanian:judecător (ro) m Russian:судья́ (ru) m ( sudʹjá ) Spanish:justicia (es) m Swedish:domare (sv) c justitieråd (sv) n ( in the supreme courts of Sweden and Finland )
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justice f
justice Synonym: spravedlnost judicial system administration ofjustice ( dated ) gallows Declension ofjustice (soft feminine )
Inherited fromOld French justise justice Latin jūstitia Doublet ofjustesse
justice f plural justices
justice FromOld French justise justice Latin iūstitia, jūstitia ( “ righteousness, equity ” ) , fromiūstus ( “ just ” ) , fromiūs ( “ right ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *h₂yew-
justice f plural justices
( Jersey ) justice justice oblique singular , f oblique plural justices nominative singular justice nominative plural justices
Alternative form ofjustise 
