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just

just, fair /ʒust/

adjective#5208 most common

Also: righteous, lawful, correct

Example sentences

Tatăl meu este un om just.
My father is a just man.
Decizia judecătorului a fost justă.
The judge's decision was just.
Ea a cerut o pedeapsă justă pentru vinovat.
She demanded a fair punishment for the guilty party.
Un salariu just ar trebui să reflecte munca depusă.
A fair wage should reflect the work put in.
Societatea aspiră la un sistem legal cu adevărat just.
Society aspires to a truly just legal system.
Filozofii dezbat de secole ce înseamnă o ordine socială justă.
Philosophers have debated for centuries what a just social order means.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativejustjuști
Genitivejustjuști
Accusativejustjuști
Vocativejustjuști

Word family

justițiejustice
justificato justify
justețefairness, rightness
nejustunjust
justiciarone who dispenses justice

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "just" from French "juste" in the nineteenth century, during the wave of Latinate and French vocabulary that reshaped modern Romanian. The French word descends from Latin "iustus", meaning lawful or righteous, itself built on "ius", the word for law or right. The chain runs from a shared legal concept in Latin through French into Romanian, alongside the older native word "drept", which covers similar ground.

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