justice

poetic justice

if something that happens is poetic justice, someone who has done something bad is made to suffer in a way that seems fair. There is a kind of poetic justice in the fact that the country responsible for the worst ecological disaster this century is the one suffering most from its effects.

See also: poetic

rough justice

a punishment that is not fair or is too severe. New evidence suggests that the girls were given rough justice.

See also: rough

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do justice to someone/something

to treat or present someone or something fairly and accurately. He supports his case with very technical information and it is impossible to do justice to it here. To do them justice, George and Nell did all they could to keep the puppet theater going.