English noun: justice |
1. | justice (attribute) the quality of being just or fair |
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| Synonyms | justness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | natural virtue, righteousness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | equity, fairness, right, rightfulness |
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| Antonyms | unjustness, injustice |
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2. | justice (act) judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments |
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| Broader (hypernym) | assessment, judgement, judgment |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | administration, judicature |
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| Domain category members | prejudice |
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3. | justice (person) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
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| Synonyms | judge, jurist |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjudicator, functionary, official |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alcalde, chief justice, Daniel, doge, justiciar, justiciary, magistrate, ordinary, praetor, pretor, qadi, recorder, trial judge, trier |
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| Instance hyponym | Samson |
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4. | Justice (group) the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 |
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| Synonyms | Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice Department |
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| Broader (hypernym) | executive department |
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| Part holonym | BJA, BJS, BoP, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Marshals, National Institute of Justice, NIJ, United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law, legislation, statute law |
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