justice

B1 Topic:Crime & Justice

US /ˈd͡ʒɐs.tɪs/ UK /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #1380

Meanings

1

noun
Fair treatment of people, especially by the law.

They marched in the streets demanding justice for the victims.
2

noun
The system of law and the way it punishes wrongdoing.

The criminals were finally brought to justice.
3

noun
A judge in a high court (used as a title).

Mr Justice Krever presides over the appellate court.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 noun · a judge in a high court... judge

Opposites

injustice

Word family

Forms justices

Derived forms cyberjusticee-justiceecojusticejustice-involvedjustice-likejusticeablejusticelessjusticementjusticerjusticeshipmisjusticetelejustice

Related forms fairness justjusticiablejusticiar unjust

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Proverbs (4)

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Simplified etymology

Justice, recorded in English since Old English, ultimately comes from the Latin word family based on jus, “law.” The same root is found in judge and just.

Etymology

From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“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 *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia. Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).

*h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European justice Middle English justise Old French iūstitia Latin *jowos Proto-Italic

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Topics

Crime & Justice

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# justice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒɐs.tɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 1380

## Meanings
1. Fair treatment of people, especially by the law.
2. The system of law and the way it punishes wrongdoing.
3. A judge in a high court (used as a title).

## Examples
- They marched in the streets demanding justice for the victims.
- The criminals were finally brought to justice.
- Mr Justice Krever presides over the appellate court.

## Antonyms
- injustice

## Derived Forms
- cyberjustice
- e-justice
- ecojustice
- justice-involved
- justice-like
- justiceable
- justiceless
- justicement
- justicer
- justiceship
- misjustice
- telejustice

## Related Forms
- fairness
- just
- justiciable
- justiciar
- unjust

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂yew-
- Root: justice
- Root: justise
- Root: iūstitia
- Root: *jowos

## Etymology
From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“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 *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia. Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).

## AI Etymology
Justice comes from Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“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 *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia. Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).

## Topics
- Crime & Justice

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