δῐκαί-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
setting right, doing justice to: hence,
__1 condemnation, punishment, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.43 (_plural_), conjecture in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.421d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 plea of legal right, justification, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.8, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 making or accounting righteous, justification, [[NT.Rom.4.25, etc. ] NT]
__II demand of right or as of right, just claim, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III judgement of what is right, ἀντήλλαξαν τῇ δικαιώσει altered at their will and pleasure, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]