Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: jury – justifying
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jury, n. [Anglo Fr. juree, oath < L. jūrāre, swear.] (webplay: matters).
Panel; group sworn to render a judgment on evidence officially submitted to them in a court of justice.
just (-est), adj. [Fr. juste < L. jūs right, law, justice.] (webplay: faithful, fled, judgments, time).
- Most proper; most suitable.
- Fair; lawful.
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).
- Ready; about.
- Only; merely; no more than.
- Nearly; narrowly.
- Only; about; merely.
- Barely; short time before.
- Almost; not quite.
- Exactly; precisely; immediately.
- Phrase. “Just so”: like this; in this very way.
just, n. [see just, adj.]
- People who obey the law; righteous followers of the Lord.
- Fulness; perfected ones; those made whole; [fig.] ones who are justified.
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).
- Court; prosecution; lawsuit; legal proceedings; [fig.] accountability; merited consequence.
- Legality; jurisprudence; natural law; having a right to something; [fig.] honesty; integrity; virtue; strength of character.
- Judgment; assessment; discernment; [fig.] virtue; righteousness; [metonymy] the Lord; the divine Judge.
- Conscience; sense of fairness; faculty of discerning right from wrong; [fig.] outrage; moral indignation.
justified, verbal adj. [see justify, v.]
- Warranted; supported by evidence; prove the innocence of; sustain the rightness of; [fig.] purified; sanctified; confirmed; made complete; (see Romans 3:24; 1 Corinthians 6:11).
- Right; correct; rational; logical; using common sense.
justify (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; maintain the rightness of; prove to conform to law; [fig.] atone; redeem; (see Isaiah 53:11).
- Indemnify; recompense for; compensate for; make amends for.
- Season; purify; [fig.] transform; translate.
- Confirm; affirm; corroborate; substantiate; validate; add witness of.
- Realize; actualize; make real; bring to pass; cause to come true.
- Sanctify; hallow; consecrate; prove one's divinity; (see 1 Timothy 3:16).
- Excuse; absolve; explain; apologize; (see Luke 10:29).
- Find worthy; [fig.] eye; see; notice; detect; line up in view; secure as a prospect.
- Adjust; align; [fig.] try to explain; attempt to document.
- Vindicate; acquit; absolve; legally defend; (see Matthew 12:37).
justifying, verbal adj. [see justify, v.]
Due; fitting; merited; warranted; deserved; appropriate; justifiable.