| justice | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. justice, justness | the quality of being just or fair. |
| ~ righteousness | adhering to moral principles. |
| ~ fairness, equity | conformity with rules or standards.; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim" |
| ~ natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature. |
| ~ rightfulness, right | anything in accord with principles of justice.; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
| n. (act) | 2. justice | judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments. |
| ~ judicature, administration | the act of meting out justice according to the law. |
| ~ judgment, assessment, judgement | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event.; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" |
| ~ prejudice | disadvantage by prejudice. |
| n. (person) | 3. judge, jurist, justice | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. |
| ~ adjudicator | a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes. |
| ~ alcalde | a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town. |
| ~ chief justice | the judge who presides over a supreme court. |
| ~ daniel | a wise and upright judge.; "a Daniel come to judgment" |
| ~ doge | formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa. |
| ~ justiciar, justiciary | formerly a high judicial officer. |
| ~ magistrate | a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses). |
| ~ functionary, official | a worker who holds or is invested with an office. |
| ~ ordinary | a judge of a probate court. |
| ~ praetor, pretor | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic. |
| ~ qadi | an Islamic judge. |
| ~ recorder | a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs. |
| ~ trial judge | a judge in a trial court. |
| ~ trier | one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case. |
| ~ samson | (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah. |
| n. (group) | 4. department of justice, doj, justice, justice department | the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870. |
| ~ legislation, statute law | law enacted by a legislative body. |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| ~ bja, bureau of justice assistance | the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse. |
| ~ bjs, bureau of justice statistics | the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers. |
| ~ fbi, federal bureau of investigation | a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice. |
| ~ dea, drug enforcement administration, drug enforcement agency | federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations. |
| ~ bop, federal bureau of prisons | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes. |
| ~ national institute of justice, nij | the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice. |
| ~ marshals, united states marshals service, us marshals service | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| reason | | |
| n. (motive) | 1. ground, reason | a rational motive for a belief or action.; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" |
| ~ rational motive | a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument. |
| ~ occasion | reason.; "there was no occasion for complaint" |
| ~ account, score | grounds.; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" |
| ~ wherefore, why | the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'. |
| n. (communication) | 2. reason | an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" |
| ~ explanation, account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. intellect, reason, understanding | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| n. (state) | 4. rationality, reason, reasonableness | the state of having good sense and sound judgment.; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" |
| ~ saneness, sanity | normal or sound powers of mind. |
| n. (communication) | 5. cause, grounds, reason | a justification for something existing or happening.; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" |
| ~ justification | a statement in explanation of some action or belief. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. reason | a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.; "there is reason to believe he is lying" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ indication | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure.; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" |
| ~ contraindication | (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ induce | reason or establish by induction. |
| ~ deduce, derive, infer, deduct | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| ~ syllogise, syllogize | reason by syllogisms. |
| ~ feel, find | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" |
| ~ deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic. |
| ~ gather | conclude from evidence.; "I gather you have not done your homework" |
| ~ extrapolate, generalize, generalise, infer | draw from specific cases for more general cases. |
| v. (communication) | 8. argue, reason | present reasons and arguments. |
| ~ re-argue | argue again.; "This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| ~ expostulate | reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion. |
| ~ defend, fend for, support | argue or speak in defense of.; "She supported the motion to strike" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ rationalise away, rationalize away | substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of.; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!" |
| ~ theorize | form or construct theories.; "he thinks and theorizes all day" |
| ~ theorize | construct a theory about.; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars" |
| ~ ratiocinate | reason methodologically and logically. |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ categorise, categorize | place into or assign to a category.; "Children learn early on to categorize" |
| ~ speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion.; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" |
| proper | | |
| adj. | 1. proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| ~ correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| ~ decent | conforming to conventions of sexual behavior.; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd" |
| ~ decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct.; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" |
| ~ becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly, decent, decorous | according with custom or propriety.; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" |
| ~ correct, right | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| ~ correct, right | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| ~ fitting | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion.; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" |
| ~ halal | proper or legitimate.; "the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a" |
| ~ kosher | proper or legitimate. |
| ~ priggish, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, prim, puritanical, victorian | exaggeratedly proper.; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" |
| ~ right | in conformance with justice or law or morality.; "do the right thing and confess" |
| adj. | 2. proper | having all the qualities typical of the thing specified.; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job" |
| ~ real | no less than what is stated; worthy of the name.; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" |
| adj. | 3. proper | limited to the thing specified.; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper" |
| ~ specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique.; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident" |
| adj. | 4. proper, right | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| sane | | |
| adj. | 1. sane | mentally healthy; free from mental disorder.; "appears to be completely sane" |
| ~ rational | consistent with or based on or using reason.; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" |
| ~ compos mentis, of sound mind | of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial. |
| ~ in her right mind, in his right mind, in their right minds | behaving responsibly. |
| ~ lucid | having a clear mind.; "a lucid moment in his madness" |
| adj. | 2. reasonable, sane | marked by sound judgment.; "sane nuclear policy" |
| ~ rational | consistent with or based on or using reason.; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" |
| suited | | |
| adj. | 1. suitable, suited | meant or adapted for an occasion or use.; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy" |
| ~ fit | meeting adequate standards for a purpose.; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to" |
| adj. | 2. suited | outfitted or supplied with clothing.; "recruits suited in green" |
| ~ clad, clothed | wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination.; "clothed and in his right mind"; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses" |
| taro | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. |
| ~ colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro plant, dasheen, taro | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. |
| ~ root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. |
| n. (plant) | 2. colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. |
| ~ edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro | tropical starchy tuberous root. |
| ~ aroid, arum | any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe. |
| ~ colocasia, genus colocasia | small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro. |
| ~ cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. |
| n. (food) | 3. cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root | tropical starchy tuberous root. |
| ~ root vegetable | any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers. |
| ~ poi | Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment. |
| ~ colocasia esculenta, dalo, taro plant, dasheen, taro | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. |
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