(law) Any of several forms of justice that attempts to repair the harm done to the victim, sometimes by making the offender make restitution.

(operations) Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs.

(idiomatic) To provide for the possible event that; as in case but with the possibility of the occurrence being more remote.

(logic) if and only if

Alternative form of the end justifies the means

Used to say that an occurrence, or situation, is not only fortunate, but that on the contrary, it could have been a lot worse; or that something that might at first seem bad is actually good because it could have been worse.

superlative form of just: most just

(colloquial, rhetorical question) Am I the only one who thinks this?

(colloquial, idiomatic) Indicates the expression of a personal opinion, but often used ironically as an understatement.

(informal) I wasn't serious; it was only a joke.