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accuracy
English
Etymology
- First attested in the 1660s.
- accurate +? -cy
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [?ækj?r?s?]
- (US) IPA(key): /?æk.j?.?.si/
Noun
accuracy (countable and uncountable, plural accuracies)
- The state of being accurate; being free from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; correctness
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
- Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
Synonyms
- correctness
- truthfulness
Antonyms
- inaccuracy
Translations
See also
- precision
- integrity
- exactness
- fidelity
Further reading
- accuracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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justice
English
Etymology
From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin i?stitia (“righteousness, equity”), from i?stus (“just”), from i?s (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-. Doublet of Justitia.
Displaced native Middle English rightwished, rightwisnes (“justice”) (from Old English rihtw?snes (“justice, righteousness”), compare Old English ?erihte (“justice”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?d??st?s/
- Hyphenation: jus?tice
Noun
justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)
- The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- The civil power dealing with law.
- A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
Synonyms
- (judge of various lower courts): See judge
- (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary
Antonyms
- injustice
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- fairness
Further reading
- justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin i?stitia, j?stitia. Doublet of justesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ys.tis/
Noun
justice f (plural justices)
- justice
Derived terms
Related terms
- juste
References
- “justice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “justice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin i?stitia, j?stitia (“righteousness, equity”), from i?stus (“just”), from i?s (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-.
Noun
justice f (plural justices)
- (Jersey) justice
Old French
Noun
justice f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)
- Alternative form of justise
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