justice
[noun]
Synonyms:
- fairness, equity, honesty, integrity, law, legality, legitimacy, right
- judge, magistrate

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Antonyms: injustice
Contrasted words: foul play, inequity, unjustness, bias, leaning, one-sidedness, partiality
Related Words: evenness, fairness, impartiality

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

jus‧tice W2 /ˈdʒʌstəs, ˈdʒʌstɪs/ noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin justitia, from justus; ⇒ just²]

1. SYSTEM OF JUDGEMENT [uncountable] the system by which people are judged in courts of law and criminals are punished:
a book on the criminal justice system
The killers will be brought to justice (=caught and punished).
Acts of terrorism must not escape justice. ⇒ miscarriage of justice

2. FAIRNESS [uncountable] fairness in the way people are treated Antonym : injustice:
Children have a strong sense of justice.
His people came to him demanding justice. ⇒ poetic justice

3. BEING RIGHT [uncountable] the quality of being right and deserving fair treatment:
No one doubts the justice of our cause.

4. do justice to somebody/something (also do somebody/something justice) to treat or represent someone or something good, beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve:
The photo doesn’t do her justice.
No words can do justice to the experience.

5. do yourself justice to do something such as a test well enough to show your real ability:
Sara panicked in the exam and didn’t do herself justice.

6. justice has been done/served used to say that someone has been treated fairly or has been given a punishment they deserve

7. JUDGE [countable] (also Justice)
a) American English a judge in a law court
b) British English the title of a judge in the High Court
⇒ rough justice at rough¹(16)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

justice
noun
I. fairness
ADJ. economic, natural, social | rough He saw it as rough justice when he got food poisoning from the stolen meat.
divine Some people saw the epidemic as divine justice.
VERB + JUSTICE ask for, want All I'm asking for is justice.
get | deny sb We have been denied justice for too long.
PHRASES a sense of justice The teacher's system of punishments appealed to the children's sense of justice.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

justice
II. law
ADJ. civil, criminal, juvenile
VERB + JUSTICE do Justice must be done in every case.
bring sb to | escape So far the robbers have escaped justice.
JUSTICE + NOUN department
PHRASES a miscarriage of justice He spent twenty years in prison as a result of a miscarriage of justice.
pervert the course of justice She was charged with perverting the course of justice after admitting to burning vital evidence.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

justice
noun
1.
BAD: The legal system ensures the justice for everyone.
GOOD: The legal system ensures justice for everyone.

Usage Note:
See note at THE 4 (the)

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2.
BAD: The justice of a country uses the threat of punishment to control people.
GOOD: A country's legal system uses the threat of punishment to control people.

Usage Note:
justice = the principle of fair treatment upon which the laws of a country are based: 'the 1970 Administration of Justice Act', 'He has spent his whole life fighting for justice and freedom for all.' 'Relatives of the victims are now demanding justice.'
legal system = the laws of a country and the ways in which these laws operate: 'When the colony becomes independent, it will maintain its present legal system.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

justice
ˈdʒʌstɪs
See: do justice to

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲