justice — OAT

justice

noun

1 ideas of social justice | I appealed to his sense of justice:

fairness, justness, fair play, fair-mindedness, equity, equitableness, even-handedness, egalitarianism, impartiality, impartialness, lack of bias, objectivity, neutrality, disinterestedness, lack of prejudice, open-mindedness, nonpartisanship;

honor, uprightness, decency, integrity, probity, honesty, righteousness, ethics, morals, morality, virtue, principle, right-mindedness, propriety, scrupulousness, trustworthiness, incorruptibility.

▷antonyms injustice.

2 the justice of his case:

validity, justification, soundness, well-foundedness, legitimacy, legitimateness, reasonableness.

3 an attempt to pervert the course of justice:

judicial proceedings, administration of the law.

4 an order made by the justices:

judge, magistrate, His/Her/Your Honor;

Law Lord, Lord Justice;

in England & Wales recorder;

in Scotland sheriff;

in the Isle of Man deemster;

in the Channel Islands jurat;

North American jurist, surrogate;

Spanish alcalde;

informal beak, m'lud;

historical reeve;

Scottish, historical sheriff-depute, bailie.

word links	justice
judicial relating to a system of justice dikephobia fear of justice