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Webster 1913 Edition


Justness

Just′ness

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Noun.
The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity;
as,
justness
of proportions; the
justness
of a description or representation; the
justness
of a cause.
In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the
justness
and gracefulness of action.
Dryden.
Syn. – Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.

Webster 1828 Edition


Justness

JUST'NESS

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Noun.
Accuracy; exactness; as the justness of proportions.
1.
Conformity to truth; as the justness of a description or representation.
2.
Justice; reasonableness; equity; as the justness of a cause or of a demand. [Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.]

Definition 2024


justness

justness

English

Noun

justness (countable and uncountable, plural justnesses)

  1. the state of being just; fairness