Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Just \Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law,
   justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to
   join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.]
   1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not
      doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation;
      upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons
      and things. ``O just but severe law!'' --Shak.

            There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good,
            and sinneth not.                      -- Eccl. vii.
                                                  20.

            Just balances, just weights, . . . 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.

   2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety;
      conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a
      proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due;
      as, a just statement; a just inference.

            Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope.

            The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship
            To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.
                                                  -- Shak.

            He was a comely personage, a little above just
            stature.                              --Bacon.

            Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant
            heat.                                 -- Jer.
                                                  Taylor.

            When all The war shall stand ranged in its just
            array.                                -- Addison.

            Their named alone would make a just volume. --
                                                  Burton.

   3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due;
      equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.

            Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as
            to praise it in others, even when they do not
            practice it themselves.               --Tillotson.

   {Just intonation}. (Mus.)
      (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true
          pitch.
      (b) 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 twelve to the octave used in systems
          of temperament. --H. W. Poole.

   Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial;
        proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.

Just \Just\, adv.
   1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither
      more nor less than is stated.

            And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden.

            The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the
            beast.                                --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

            To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and
            one.                                  -- Shak.

   2. Closely; nearly; almost.

            Just at the point of death.           -- Sir W.
                                                  Temple.

   3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or
      time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.

            A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently
            swelled the sail.                     -- Dryden.

   {Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago.

Just \Just\, v. i. [See {Joust}.]
   To joust. --Fairfax.

Just \Just\, n.
   A joust. --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

just
     adj 1: used especially of what is legally or ethically right or
            proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"-
            A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward";
            "his just inheritance" [ant: {unjust}]
     2: implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a
        natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment
        of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts
        among the children" [syn: {equitable}] [ant: {inequitable}]
     3: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception;
        or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair
        referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair
        fight"; "by fair means or foul" [syn: {fair}] [ant: {unfair}]
     4: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
        cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the
        nation is secure only while the nation is honest,
        truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass [syn: {good},
        {upright}, {virtuous}]

just
     adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a
            matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a
            child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: {merely},
             {simply}, {only}, {but}]
     2: indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely
        (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as
        he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
        [syn: {precisely}, {exactly}]
     3: only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now
        came out" [syn: {just now}]
     4: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
        grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: {simply}]
     5: by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we
        hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely
        rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce
        arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"-
        W.B.Yeats [syn: {barely}, {hardly}, {scarcely}, {scarce}]