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Main Entry:	justice [juhs-tis] Show IPA/ˈdʒʌstɪs/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	lawfulness, fairness
Synonyms:	amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth
Notes:	revenge is personal and justice is societal
Antonyms:	illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness

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Main Entry:	permit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	authorization
Synonyms:	admittance, allowance, charter, concession, consent, empowering, favor, franchise, go-ahead, grant, green light, indulgence, leave, legalization, liberty, license, pass, passport, patent, permission, privilege, safe-conduct, sanction, sufferance, toleration, visa, warrant
Antonyms:	grounding, prohibition

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Concept:	[Motion through] Passage.
Category:	4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:	-nouns passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose, exosmose; endosmosis; intercurrence; ingress; egress; path; conduit; opening; journey; voyage. -verbs pass, pass through; perforate (hole); penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage, form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground. -adjectives passing; intercurrent; endosmosmic, endosmotic. -adverbs en passant (transit).
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