do justice

verb

To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

Opposite
do injustice
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Meanings

verbdo justice (third-person singular simple present does justice, present participle doing justice, simple past did justice, past participle done justice)

present singular third person does justice · participle present doing justice · past did justice · participle past done justice

  1. idiomaticTo allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

    It was classified as "all others" under vehicle type […], but that category doesn't do a motorized barstool justice.

    2009 March 30, “Newark police cite man for driving drunk after crashing motorized barstool”, in The Advocate, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
    1 more example

    And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime.

    2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. idiomaticTo enjoy to the full.

    […] a magnificent cold supper was awaiting him in the dining-room, where he did full justice to a game pie and a bottle of claret.

    1935, Russell Thorndike, The Scarecrow Rides

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
do injustice

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 充分理解, 完全領會 /完全领会
  • 充分理解 (chōngfèn lǐjiě)allow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • 完全領會 /完全领会 (wánquán lǐnghuì)allow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • 深入領悟 /深入领悟 (shēnrù lǐngwù)allow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • 充分享受 (chōngfèn xiǎngshòu)enjoy to the full
  • 盡情享受 /尽情享受 (jìnqíng xiǎngshòu)enjoy to the full
  • 充分領略 /充分领略 (chōngfèn lǐnglüè)enjoy to the full
Finnish tehdä oikeutta, nauttia täysin siemauksin
  • tehdä oikeuttaallow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • nauttia täysin siemauksinenjoy to the full
French rendre justice, faire honneur
  • rendre justiceallow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • faire honneurenjoy to the full
German gerecht werden
  • gerecht werdenallow to be apprehended in its full scope
Hungarian méltányosan jár el, igazságot szolgáltat
  • méltányosan jár elallow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • igazságot szolgáltatallow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • eleget teszallow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • jó étvággyal elfogyasztenjoy to the full
Italian rendere giustizia
  • rendere giustiziaallow to be apprehended in its full scope
Russian отдать должное, отдать должное
  • отдать должное (otdatʹ dolžnoje)allow to be apprehended in its full scope
  • отдать должное (otdatʹ dolžnoje)enjoy to the full
Spanish hacer justicia
  • hacer justiciaallow to be apprehended in its full scope
Cite this entry
APA

do justice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20justice

MLA

“do justice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20justice. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do justice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20justice.

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