English > justness: 2 senses > noun 2, attributeMeaning | The quality of being just or fair. |
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Synonym | justice |
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Narrower | fairness, equity | conformity with rules or standards |
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right, rightfulness | Anything in accord / accord with principles of justice |
Broader | natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature |
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righteousness | adhering to moral principles |
Opposite | injustice, unjustness | The practice of being unjust / unjust / unjust or unfair |
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Spanish | justedad, justeza, justicia |
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Catalan | justesa, justícia |
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Adjectives | just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
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just | fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience |
just | free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception |