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" A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city."
Herb Caen

Meaning of "justice" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JUSTICE

From Old French, from Latin jūstitia, from justusjust.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JUSTICE

ˈdʒʌstɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUSTICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Justice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JUSTICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, equity and fairness.

Definition of justice in the English dictionary

The first definition of justice in the dictionary is the quality or fact of being just. Other definition of justice is the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike. Justice is also a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JUSTICE

Alcestis · armistice · cactoblastis · hostess · hydrastis · injustice · interstice · ovotestis · pastis · pneumocystis · sarcocystis · solstice · testis

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUSTICE

just-in-time · justice court · Justice Department · justice of the peace · justice of the peace court · justicer · justices in eyre · justiceship · justiciability · justiciable · justicialism · justiciar · justiciaries · justiciarship · justiciary · justifiability · justifiable · justifiable homicide · justifiableness · justifiably

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUSTICE

bring to justice · chief justice · College of Justice · court of justice · do oneself justice · European Court of Justice · High Court of Justice · International Court of Justice · Lord Chief Justice · miscarriage of justice · natural justice · notice · obstruction of justice · poetic justice · practice · restorative justice · rough justice · street justice · summer solstice · winter solstice

Synonyms and antonyms of justice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JUSTICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «justice» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «justice» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF JUSTICE

Find out the translation of justice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of justice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «justice» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

正义
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

justicia
570 millions of speakers
en

English

justice
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

न्याय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَدَالَةٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

справедливость
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

justiça
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বিচার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

justice
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keadilan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gerechtigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

正義
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

정의
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kaadilan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công lý
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நீதி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

न्याय
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

adalet
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

giustizia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sprawiedliwość
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

справедливість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

dreptate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δικαιοσύνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geregtigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rättvisa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rettferdighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of justice

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUSTICE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of justice
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «justice».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about justice

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «JUSTICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word justice.
1
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
2
F. Lee Bailey
Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring justice Clarence Thomas with him.
3
Howard Baker
I think and hope and believe that the Japanese government and the people of Japan will be happy and content with the progress of justice in this case and that it will not become a great issue in the future.
4
John Berger
Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.
5
Mary Frances Berry
When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.
6
Madhur Bhandarkar
I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
7
Omar Bongo
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
8
Louis D. Brandeis
What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.
9
Herb Caen
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.
10
Two Chainz
I encourage everyone to pay attention to the issues that matter to you, from jobs and the economy, to education and our schools, to criminal justice reform. Whatever it is that you care about, make sure you use your voice.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUSTICE»

Discover the use of justice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to justice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
This book is a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice, one that invites readers of all political persuasions to consider familiar controversies in fresh and illuminating ways.
Michael J. Sandel, 2009
2
A Theory of Justice
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's "A Theory of Justice" has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.
John Rawls, 2009
3
Justice
Introducing the concept of justice in contemporary political theory, this title outlines all the main theories and details the theories advanced by major thinkers such as Rawls, Sen, Friedman, Nozick and Fraser.
Harry Brighouse, 2004
4
Justice
This volume brings together sociologists and psychologists who address issues pertaining to distributive, procedural, and interactional justice using a range of methodologies.
Karen A. Hegtvedt, Jody Clay-Warner, 2008
5
Justice: Rights and Wrongs
Not only does this book reflect the clarity and acuity of thought that characterize Wolterstorff's work, it also reflects the humane sensibilities of someone who has thought and felt deeply about these matters for a long time.
Nicholas Wolterstorff, 2010
6
Why Social Justice Matters
" Brian Barry exposes the shoddy logic and distortion of reality that underpins this ideology.
Brian Barry, 2005
7
The Idea of Justice
In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific achievements have taken us, he argues, in the wrong direction in general.
Amartya Sen, 2010
8
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s.
John Rawls, Erin Kelly, 2001
9
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System
This popular text has long been known for the way it gives students a true glimpse what it is like to work within the American criminal justice system, and the tenth edition is no exception.
David Neubauer, Henry Fradella, 2010
10
The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Comprehensive and balanced, THE COLOR OF JUSTICE is the definitive book on current research and theories of racial and ethnic discrimination within America's Criminal Justice system.
Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, Miriam DeLone, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUSTICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term justice is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hundreds of Eric Garner supporters rally for justice in downtown …
The slogan was seen on banners and shirts across the crowd during the rally for justice for Eric Garner Saturday afternoon at Cadman Plaza, ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»
2
Victoria Justice and Natasha Lyonne attend LGBT Film Festival …
Victoria Justice added a bold pop of colour to her outfit as she arrived to an Outfest screening at the Montalban Theater in Los Angeles on ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
The time is now to reform our criminal justice system | Fox News
The SAFE Justice Act, a bipartisan bill recently introduced by Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc. and Bobby Scott, D-Va. draws on ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
4
Female inmate dies at St. Louis Justice Center | FOX2now.com
LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death of a 28-year-old female inmate at the City Justice ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
5
Simons: The justice system itself cannot be above the law
Ministers can only disclose those records in the interests of justice or for reasons of national security. Anyone who releases such records ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
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SJC justice questions access to confession in Chism case …
DANVERS — A Supreme Judicial Court justice, in a sharply-worded ruling released Friday, appeared to chastise two lower court judges for ... «Gloucester Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Guillermo del Toro Chose Pacific Rim 2 Over Justice League Dark …
Since 2013, Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) has been developing Justice League Dark movie for Warner Brothers. He even brought on a (still ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
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Obama finds his voice on criminal justice reform | Washington …
Reforming America's criminal justice system has long been a priority for Barack Obama. In The Audacity of Hope, written a decade ago, Obama ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
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NM Gov. renews call for death penalty as justice system reform …
State leaders, including Governor Susana Martinez, discussed possible solutions to New Mexico's beleaguered justice system in the wake of ... «KOB.com, Jul 15»
10
Justice for Bury: Petition launched to fight closure of Bury St …
Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' Court. The town's largest criminal defence firm has voiced fears that access to justice for west Suffolk will be ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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