- Having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason;
- Faithful to an original;
- Acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good;
- Being what is merited;
- Legally correct.
I have been thinking about this word for the last few days, and how we have distorted the meaning in colloquial English to indicate almost the opposite. "I am just an at home wife and mother." "I am just an office manager." "It is just a dog." "He is just a child." "They are just a fill in the blank." Dismissive. Oppressive. Demeaning. Hardly fits the original meaning of the word.
