| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
Synonyms: |
amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
Antonyms: |
illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who oversees court of law |
Synonyms: |
chancellor, court, judge, magistrate, umpire |
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judicial system |
Synonyms: |
bar, bench, court of justice, forum, judge, justice, kangaroo court, law court, magistrate, seat of judgment, session, tribunal |
| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
| Main Entry: | equity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impartiality |
Synonyms: |
disinterestedness, equitableness, even-handedness, fair play, fair-mindedness, fairness, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, nonpartisanship, piece, reasonableness, rectitude, righteousness, square deal, uprightness |
Antonyms: |
bias, inequity, partiality, unfairness, unjustness |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who arbitrates |
Synonyms: |
adjudicator, appraiser, arbiter, assessor, authority, bench, chancellor, conciliator, court, critic, evaluator, expert, honor, inspector, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, justice, justice of peace, legal official, magister, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, ombudsman, peacemaker, reconciler, referee, umpire, warden |
| Main Entry: | jurist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jurisprudent |
Synonyms: |
attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, defender, judge, justice, lawyer, legal adviser, legal expert, legal scholar, magistrate |
| Main Entry: | magistrate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | civil officer |
Synonyms: |
JP, bailiff, judge, justice, justice of the peace |
| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
Synonyms: |
balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, toleration |
Antonyms: |
extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, outrageousness, severity, unlimitedness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | morality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethics, honesty |
Synonyms: |
chastity, conduct, decency, ethicality, ethicalness, gentleness, godliness, good habits, goodness, honor, ideals, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, manners, moral code, morals, mores, philosophy, principle, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, saintliness, standards, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
amorality, badness, corruption, dishonesty, evil, immorality, sinfulness, unethicalness |