justness
Americannoun
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the quality or state of being just, equitable, or right.
His justness was never doubted.
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conformity to fact or rule; correctness; exactness.
Etymology
Origin of justness
First recorded in 1400–50, justness is from the late Middle English word justnesse. See just 1, -ness
Example Sentences
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It’s an uncomfortable truth, so we rarely question the justness of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024
With the hide of a rhinoceros and an absolute conviction in the justness of his cause, Mr Netanyahu dug in even deeper this week.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
Humor thus far has operated in two registers in this war: first, as a buoyant for Ukrainian morale, and second, as an invitation to foreign audiences to see the justness of the Ukrainian cause.
From Slate • May 3, 2022
If the justness of this observation be admitted, the mode of appointing the officers of the United States contained in the foregoing clauses, must, when examined, be allowed to be entitled to particular commendation.”
From Fox News • Apr. 15, 2020
On reading the memoir, I was so much impressed with the acuteness and justness of its analysis of American verbal forms that I prepared the translation which I now submit.
From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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