Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Justice
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.
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