Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JUST, a. [Fr. juste; Sp. justo; It. giusto; L. justus. The primary sense is probably straight or close, from the sense of setting, erecting, or extending.]

1. Regular; orderly; due; suitable. When all / The war shall stand ranged in its just array. – Addison.
2. Exactly proportioned; proper. Pleaseth your lordship / To meet his grace, just distance 'tween our armies? – Shak.
3. Full; complete to the common standard. He was comely personage, a little above just stature. – Bacon.
4. Full; true; a sense allied to the preceding, or the same. So that once the skirmish was like to have come to a just battle. – Knolles.
5. In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice; as, a just judge.
6. In an evangelical sense, righteous; religious; influenced by a regard to the laws of God; or living in exact conformity to the divine will. There is not a just man on earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. – Eccles. vii.
7. Conformed to rules of justice; doing equal justice. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin shall ye have. – Lev. xix.
8. Conformed to truth; exact; proper; accurate; as just thoughts; just expressions; just images or representations; a just description; a just inference.
9. True; founded in truth and fact; as, a just charge or accusation.
10. Innocent; blameless; without guilt. How should man be just with God? – Job ix.
11. Equitable; due; merited; as, a just recompense or reward. Whose damnation is just. – Rom. iii.
12. True to promises; faithful; as, just to one's word or engagements.
13. Impartial; allowing what is due; giving fair representation of character, merit or demerit.