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  • n  conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
    it was performed with justness and beauty
  • n  the quality of being just or fair

  • Not even a tally of miseries White knows firsthand from Iraq shakes his sense of certainty over the justness of the war: Perhaps half a million Iraq civilians killed, more than 4 .
  • Our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
  • Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility .
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  • Barack Obama in Calgary Herald
    Our security,Obama said, "emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint."
  • Fuad Saniora in USA Today
    We are sticking to our position. We are standing fast, believing in the justness of our position,Saniora said to a group of supporters at his downtown office, which is ringed by barbed wire, troops and riot police. "We are open with our...
  • Joseph Banks in AFP
    Botanist Joseph Banks, who sailed with 18th century explorer James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, described "the immense elegance and justness" of the Maori moko, saying they were "finished with a masterly taste and...

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