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单词 justice
释义

justice

[ juhs-tis ]
/ ˈdʒʌs tɪs /
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noun

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Idioms for justice

    bring to justice, to cause to come before a court for trial or to receive punishment for one's misdeeds: The murderer was brought to justice.
    do justice,
    1. to act or treat justly or fairly.
    2. to appreciate properly: We must see this play again to do it justice.
    3. to acquit in accordance with one's abilities or potentialities: He finally got a role in which he could do himself justice as an actor.

Origin of justice

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin jūstitia, equivalent to jūst(us) just1 + -itia -ice

OTHER WORDS FROM justice

jus·tice·less, adjective

Words nearby justice

justaucorps, just deserts, juste-milieu, just folks, just for the record, justice, justice court, justice of the peace, justice of the peace court, justicer, justice's court

Definition for justice (2 of 2)

Justice
[ juhs-tis ]
/ ˈdʒʌs tɪs /

noun

Donald, 1925–2004, U.S. poet.
a town in NE Illinois.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

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British Dictionary definitions for justice

justice
/ (ˈdʒʌstɪs) /

noun

Word Origin for justice

C12: from Old French, from Latin jūstitia, from justus just
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with justice

justice

see do justice to; miscarriage of justice; poetic justice.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Cultural definitions for justice

Justice

A figure in painting and sculpture that symbolizes the impartiality of true justice. The figure of Justice usually appears as a blindfolded woman with a scale in one hand and a sword in the other.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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