Hypertext Webster Gateway: "justness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it
represented with all the justness and gracefulness of
action. --Dryden.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]


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