different between justice vs unjustice

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)

1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

4. The civil power dealing with law.

5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.

6. 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

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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)

1. 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)

1. (Jersey) justice

Old French

Noun

justice f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)

1. Alternative form of justise

English

Etymology

From un- +? justice; compare unjust, injustice.

Noun

unjustice (plural unjustices)

1. (nonstandard) The lack or absence of justice; injustice.
   • 1992, Seth Benardete, Socrates' Second Sailing:

     Thrasymachus is willing to attribute to the unjust man power or virtue, but he isunwilling to identify complete unjustice with wisdom or prudence (phronesis).

Usage notes

• See the notes about injustice.

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