justiceward

English

Etymology

From justice +‎ -ward.

Adjective

justiceward (comparative more justiceward, superlative most justiceward)

1. Leaning or leading toward justice.

Adverb

justiceward (comparative more justiceward, superlative most justiceward)

1. Oriented toward or primarily concerned with justice.
   • 1894, James Platt, Jr., “The Hand of Glory”, in Tales of the Supernatural: Six Romantic Stories, London, England, United Kingdom: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., page 72:

     The felon then evading by exit to me invisible, I descended hither by what impulse I scarcely know save that my intentions tended justiceward.

   • 1896 July 30, E. P. P., “To the Victor Belongs Duty”, in The New Unity, volume 3, number 22, page 366:

     The problem for each one of us is, are we moving with the tide that rolls homeward and justiceward?

   • 1916, Orison Swett Marden, The Victorious Attitude:

     It is a strange thing that human beings will take the chances of cutting themselves off from this mighty current which runs truthward, justiceward, and Godward, and try to make a substitute of their own puny strength.