Emily Dickinson Lexicon

just (-est), adj. [Fr. juste < L. jūs right, law, justice.] (webplay: faithful, fled, judgments, time).

1. Merited; allowing what is deserved.
2. Proper; suitable.
3. Fair; lawful.

just, adjectival n. [see just, adj.]

People who obey the law; righteous followers of the Lord.

just, adv. [see just, adj.] (webplay: accurate, almost, array, believes, close, common, covet, drive, enough, erecting, exactly, full, influenced, judgments, merely, mock, narrowly, near, opinion, orderly, place, promises, push, reward, setting, straight, suitable, thoughts, thrust, time, true, truth).

1. Only; merely; no more than.
2. Exactly; precisely; immediately.
3. Barely; short time before.
4. Almost; not quite.
5. Nearly; narrowly.
6. Only; about; merely.

justice, n. [OFr justise, uprightness, equity, vindication of right, administration of law, jurisdiction, court of justice, infliction of punishment, gallows, judge < L. jūstus.] (webplay: claim, courts, dealing, fair, laws, vindictive).

Right; virtue; righteousness; merited consequence.

justified, verbal adj. [see justify, v.]

Warranted; supported by evidence; prove the innocence of; sustain the rightness of.

justify (-ing, justified), v. [Fr. justifier < L. jūstificāre, act justly towards, do justice to, make just, pardon, vindicate.] (webplay: even, favor, incivility, just, judge, offender, profaneness, right, Savior, show).

Show to be true; prove to conform to law; maintain the rightness of.