justness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JUST'NESS, noun Accuracy; exactness; as the justness of proportions. 1. Conformity to truth; as the justness of a description or representation. 2. Justice; reasonableness; equity; as the justness of a cause or of a demand. [Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.]
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