Jüst1, a.
a. [Lat. jūstus, from jŭs, right, law, justice; Fr. juste, Pr. just, Sp. & Pg. justo, It. giusto.]
Sense 1. Rendering, or disposed to render, to each one his due; conforming or conformable to rectitude; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; equitable; upright; honest; true;—said of both persons and things. “O just but severe law!” Shak.
There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. Eccles. vii. 20.
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have. Lev. xix. 36.
How should man be just with God? Job ix. 2.
We know your grace to be a man Just and upright. Shak.
Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. Tillotson.
Sense 2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to fact, to the truth of things, to a proper standard, to reasonable expectations, and the like; exact; proper; normal; tasteful; accurate; orderly; regular; due. “Just of thy word, in every thought sincere.” Dryden.
Pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace, just distance ’tween our armies? Shak.
He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. Bacon.
So that once the skirmish was like to have come to a just battle. Knolles.
Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. Bp. Taylor.
When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. Addison.
Just intonation (Mus.), the giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the 12 to the octave used in systems of temperament. H. W. Poole.
Synonyms— Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular; tasteful.