justice
/ˈdʒʌstɪs/ nounDefinition
FAIR BEHAVIOUR [U] › behaviour or treatment that is fair and morally correct: She tried to bring about fairness and justice for all. → Opposite injustice
LAW [U] › the system of laws which judges or punishes people: the criminal justice system
JUDGE [C] US › someone who judges in a court of law
bring sb to justice › to catch a criminal and decide if they are guilty or not
do sb/sth justice; do justice to sb/sth › to show the best or real qualities of something or someone: This postcard doesn't do justice to the wonderful scenery.
(Definition of justice noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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