Definitions
- Doing or actuated by justice;
conforming to the requirements of right or positive law;
giving or rendering exactly what is due and no more, as in punishment or reward;
doing no wrong;
righteous;
upright;
honest;
as, a just man.
Just may apply, in nearly all senses,
to either ethics or law,
denoting that which is morally right and fair,
and sometimes that which is right and fair according to positive law, - Based on or conforming to the principles of justice;
impartial;
fair;
legitimate;
as, a just claim. - Agreeing with a required standard;
legally correct;
true;
exactly;
as a just weight. - Consistent with what is proper or reasonable;
not extreme, extraordinary, or unusual;
of fair size, amount, etc.;
as, a just price. - [Archaic]
Faithful to ones engagements;
true;
used with to, formerly with of;
as, just to one's word. - Mus.
- Having harmonic correctness or purity;
in exact tune;
not tempered.
Synonyms:
equitable
even
exact
fair
fitting
honest
honorable
impartial
incorrupt
incorruptible
lawful
responsible
right
righteous
rightful
square
straightforward
true
trusty
upright
virtuous
See:
moral
right
virtuous
Antonyms:
corrupt
dishonest
dishonorable
faithless
false
inequitable
one-sided
partial
perfidious
treacherous
unfair
unfaithful
unjust
unreasonable
unjust
unreasonable
unrighteous
venal