Definitions
judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“the justice of a description”
“This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.”
“God recognized the justice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.”
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