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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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 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) 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  justness
     n.
     the state of being just; fairness

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  justness
     n.
     the state of being just; fairness

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  justness
     n.
     the state of being just; fairness

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  justness
     n.
     the state of being just; fairness

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  justness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst justness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Justness /dʒˈʌstnəs/
  العدالة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  justness /dʒˈʌstnəs/
  kvalita bytí čestným a spravedlivým

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  justness /dʒˈʌstnəs/ 
  spravedlivost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  justness /dʒˈʌstnəs/ 
  správnost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  justness /dʒˈʌstnəs/
  Gerechtigkeit 

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  justness /dʒˈʌstnəs/
  1. jogosság
  2. igazságos volta vminek
  3. helyesség
  4. igaz volta vminek

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 公正,正当,正确;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 正义,正直;合理,公正;正当,正确

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