Justice vs. Righteousness

Justicenoun

The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

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The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

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Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

Justicenoun

The civil power dealing with law.

Justicenoun

A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.

Justicenoun

Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Justicenoun

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.

Justicenoun

Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.

Justicenoun

The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.

Justicenoun

Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.

Justicenoun

A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.

Justiceverb

To administer justice to.

Justicenoun

the quality of being just or fair

Justicenoun

the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments;

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a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice

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the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

Justice

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspectives, including the concepts of moral correctness based on ethics, rationality, law, religion, equity and fairness. Consequently, the application of justice differs in every culture.

Righteousnessnoun

(uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous.

Righteousnessnoun

Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.

Righteousnessnoun

(countable) A righteous act, or righteous quality.

Righteousnessnoun

The act or conduct of one who is righteous.

Righteousnessnoun

(theology) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.

Righteousnessnoun

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

Righteousnessnoun

A righteous act, or righteous quality.

Righteousnessnoun

The act or conduct of one who is righteous.

Righteousnessnoun

The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.

Righteousnessnoun

adhering to moral principles

Righteousnessnoun

the quality of being morally right or justifiable

Righteousness

Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally correct and justifiable. It can be considered synonymous with or being .