Justness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Justness \Just"ness\, n.
     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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it
           represented with all the justness and gracefulness of
           action.                                  --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to
           persons; but the distinction is not always observed.
  
     Syn: Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness;
          reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  justness
       n 1: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or
            propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
            [syn: {rightness}, {nicety}]
       2: the quality of being just or fair [syn: {justice}] [ant: {injustice}]