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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JUST'NESS, n. 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.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" [syn: justness, rightness, nicety]
2: the quality of being just or fair [syn: justice, justness] [ant: injustice, unjustness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see just II

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Justness Just"ness, n. 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. Note: Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed. Syn: Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Justice, equity, equitableness, fairness, right. 2. Propriety, fitness, suitableness. 3. Exactness, accuracy, precision.