資料來源 : pyDict
正義,公平,公正,正確,司法,審判
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Justice \Jus"tice\, n. [F., fr. L. justitia, fr. justus just.
See {Just}, a.]
1. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of
righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict
performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to
human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with
each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy
throne. -- Ps. ixxxix.
11.
The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity,
temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of
them. -- Shak.
2. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and
in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit
or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the
justice of a description or of a judgment; historical
justice.
3. The rendering to every one his due or right; just
treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or
punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of
our poisoned chalice To our own lips. -- Shak.
4. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice
of a claim.
Justice \Jus"tice\, v. t.
To administer justice to. [Obs.] --Bacon.
資料來源 : WordNet®
justice
n 1: the quality of being just or fair [syn: {justness}] [ant: {injustice}]
2: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and
assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is
justice denied" [syn: {judicature}]
3: a public official authorized to decide questions bought
before a court of justice [syn: {judge}, {jurist}, {magistrate}]
4: the United States federal department responsible for
enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all
civil rights legislation); created in 1870 [syn: {Department
of Justice}, {Justice Department}, {DoJ}]