Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for JUST'NESS
JUST'NESS, n.
- Accuracy; exactness; as, the justness of proportions.
- Conformity to truth; as, the justness of a description or representation.
- Justice; reasonableness; equity; as, the justness of a cause or of a demand. [Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.]
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