01 n. The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as…
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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.
Syn.
Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.