justice

/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ noun B1

The state or characteristic of being just or fair. (countable, uncountable) · the justice of a description
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. (countable, uncountable) · Justice was served.
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. (countable, uncountable) · to demand justice
The civil power dealing with law. (countable, uncountable) · Ministry of Justice· the justice system
A title given to judges of certain courts (usually supreme courts); capitalized when placed before a name. (countable, uncountable) · Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules. (countable, uncountable)

Plural justices

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Tell her that, since she has commanded me neither to speak nor to write to her, I take this means of making one last appeal to her sense of justice, for the sake of what has been.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 35 · C1

Tell her that I have thus, to a certain degree, disobeyed her injunctions, in the hope that she may yet be inclined to see justice done.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 35 · C1

Rachel, to do her justice, was not to blame for this.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 62 · C1

Exasperated, Marilla returned to the kitchen and poured out her tale of woe to Matthew, who, between his sense of justice and his unlawful sympathy with Anne, was a miserable man.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 101 · C1

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