justice
English Thesaurus
1. judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments (noun.act)
domain member category | : | prejudice, |
definition | : | disadvantage by prejudice (verb.social) |
2. the quality of being just or fair (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | righteousness, |
definition | : | adhering to moral principles (noun.attribute) |
hypernym | : | natural virtue, |
definition | : | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | equity, fairness, |
definition | : | conformity with rules or standards (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | right, rightfulness, |
definition | : | anything in accord with principles of justice (noun.attribute) |
3. the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 (noun.group)
hypernym | : | executive department, |
definition | : | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | bja, bureau of justice assistance, |
definition | : | the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | bjs, bureau of justice statistics, |
definition | : | the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | fbi, federal bureau of investigation, |
definition | : | a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | bop, federal bureau of prisons, |
definition | : | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | national institute of justice, nij, |
definition | : | the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | marshals, united states marshals service, us marshals service, |
definition | : | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system (noun.group) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
4. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)
hypernym | : | adjudicator, |
definition | : | a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes (noun.person) |
hypernym | : | functionary, official, |
definition | : | a worker who holds or is invested with an office (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | alcalde, |
definition | : | a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | chief justice, |
definition | : | the judge who presides over a supreme court (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | daniel, |
definition | : | a wise and upright judge (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | doge, |
definition | : | formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | magistrate, |
definition | : | a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | ordinary, |
definition | : | a judge of a probate court (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | praetor, pretor, |
definition | : | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | qadi, |
definition | : | an Islamic judge (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | recorder, |
definition | : | a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | trial judge, |
definition | : | a judge in a trial court (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | trier, |
definition | : | one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | samson, |
definition | : | (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah (noun.person) |
5. the quality of being just or fair (noun.attribute)
antonym | : | injustice, unjustness, |
definition | : | the practice of being unjust or unfair (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | fair, just, |
definition | : | free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules (adj.all) |
derivation | : | equitable, just, |
definition | : | fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience (adj.all) |
derivation | : | just, |
definition | : | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting (adj.all) |
6. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)
derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
derivation | : | adjudicate, judge, try, |
definition | : | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social) |
derivation | : | judicial, |
definition | : | decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (adj.all) |
derivation | : | judicial, juridic, juridical, |
definition | : | relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | judicial, |
definition | : | belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge (adj.pert) |
7. the quality of being just or fair (noun.attribute)
antonym | : | injustice, unjustness, |
definition | : | the practice of being unjust or unfair (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | fair, just, |
definition | : | free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules (adj.all) |
derivation | : | equitable, just, |
definition | : | fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience (adj.all) |
derivation | : | just, |
definition | : | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting (adj.all) |
8. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)
derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
derivation | : | adjudicate, judge, try, |
definition | : | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social) |
derivation | : | judicial, |
definition | : | decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (adj.all) |
derivation | : | judicial, juridic, juridical, |
definition | : | relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | judicial, |
definition | : | belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge (adj.pert) |
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