justice
/ˈdʒʌstɪs/
noun
- Fair and moral treatment of people; the quality of being just or right.
- In a fair society, everyone has access to justice.
- She believed that justice would eventually prevail.
- The protesters demanded justice for the victims of the crime.
- A judge or magistrate, especially on a higher court.
- The justice listened carefully to both sides of the argument.
- The Supreme Court justice delivered the final ruling.
- She was appointed as a justice on the state appeals court.
- The system of laws and courts that enforces fairness and punishes wrongdoing.
- The justice system works to protect the innocent.
- He escaped justice by fleeing the country.
- The criminal was brought to justice after years of investigation.
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