📒 the fair treatment of people
- She spent her life fighting for social justice and equality for women.
- He pledged to seek justice for the victims of the tragedy.
- Children often have a highly developed sense of justice.
📒 the quality of being fair or reasonable
- Who can deny the justice of their cause?
- He demanded, not without justice, that he should be allowed to express his views.
📒 the legal system used to punish people who have committed crimes
- the criminal justice system
- The European Court of Justice
- the administration/obstruction of justice
📒 a judge in a court (also used before the name of a judge)
📒 used before the name of a judge in a court of appeal
📒 to arrest somebody for a crime and put them on trial in court
📒 to treat or represent somebody/something fairly, especially in a way that shows how good, attractive, etc. they are
- That photo doesn't do you justice.
- He didn’t play as well as he can, but to do him justice, it was his first game since his injury.
- The review did not do justice to her talents.
📒 to deal with somebody/something correctly and completely
- You cannot do justice to such a complex situation in just a few pages.
- I didn’t feel well and wasn’t able to do justice to the meal she had cooked (= I could not eat all the food).
📒 to do something as well as you can in order to show other people how good you are
- She didn't do herself justice in the exam.
📒 to tell a lie or to do something in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime