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circumspect
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justice
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justice
/ˈdʒə stəs/
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the quality of being just or fair
justice meaning(s)
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- (n) the quality of being just or fair
- (n) judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
- (n) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
- (n) the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
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- If it's not the biggest scandal in American legal history, many are calling it at least the darkest day for the country's troubled juvenile-justice system.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 76-year-old Supreme Court justice who underwent pancreatic cancer surgery earlier this year, fell ill at work after a treatment for anemia.
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justice department
the United States federal department responsible for enforcing…
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justice of the peace
a local magistrate with limited powers
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justiciar
/dʒəs ˈtɪ ʃɪ ɑ/
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formerly a high judicial officer
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justiciary
/dʒəs ˈtɪ ʃɪə rɪ/
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formerly a high judicial officer
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justifiable
/ˈdʒə stə ˌfaɪ ə bəl/
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capable of being justified
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justifiably
/ˈdʒə stə ˌfaɪ əb li/
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with good reason
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justification
/ˌdʒə stə fə ˈkeɪ ʃən/
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something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows…
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justificative
/ˈdʒəs tɪ fɪ kɛɪ tɪv/
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attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
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justificatory
/ˈdʒəs tɪ fɪ kɛɪ tə rɪ/
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attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
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justified
/ˈdʒə stə ˌfaɪd/
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having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
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justifiedly
with honesty
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justifier
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a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
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justify
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show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
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justinian
/dʒəs ˈtɪ nɪən/
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Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against…
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justinian code
the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for…
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justinian i
Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the…
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justinian the great
Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire…
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justly
/ˈdʒəst li/
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with honesty
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justness
conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
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jut
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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jut out
extend out or project in space
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jute
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a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
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jutish
one of the major dialects of Old English