Synonyms for fairness
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1. fairness

   In its governmental relations, human or divine, justice is the giving to every person exactly what he deserves, not necessarily involving any consideration of what any other may deserve; equity (the quality of being equal) is giving every one as much advantage, privilege, or consideration as is given to any other; it is that which is equally right or just to all concerned; equity is equal justice and is thus a close synonym for fairness and impartiality, but it has a philosophical and legal precision that those words have not. In legal proceedings cases arise for which the law has not adequately provided, or in which general provisions, just in the main, would work individual hardship. The system of equity, devised to supply the insufficiencies of law, deals with cases "to which the law by reason of its universality can not apply." "Equity, then, ... is the soul and spirit of all law; positive law is construed and rational law is made by it." Blackstone bk. iii, ch. 27, p. 429. In personal and social relations justice is the rendering to every one what is due or merited, whether in act, word, or thought; in matters of reasoning, or literary work of any kind, justice is close, faithful, unprejudiced, and unbiased adherence to essential truth or fact; we speak of the justice of a statement, or of doing justice to a subject. Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due. Lawfulness is an ambiguous word, meaning in its narrower sense mere legality, which may be very far from justice, but in its higher sense signifying accordance with the supreme law of right, and thus including perfect justice. Justness refers rather to logical relations than to practical matters; as, we speak of the justness of a statement or of a criticism. See JUDGE, n.

   Synonyms:
   equity, fair play, faithfulness, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, justness, law, lawfulness, legality, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightfulness, truth, uprightness, virtue

   Antonyms:
   dishonesty, favoritism, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrong

   Preposition:
   The justice of the king; to or for the oppressed.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fairness, equitynoun

   conformity with rules or standards

   "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, comeliness

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

2. fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candournoun

   ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, directness, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, comeliness

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

3. paleness, blondness, fairnessnoun

   the property of having a naturally light complexion

   Synonyms:
   blondness, lividness, achromasia, wanness, luridness, lividity, pallidity, comeliness, pallidness, fair-mindedness, loveliness, candor, beauteousness, pallor, paleness, candour, equity

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

4. comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousnessnoun

   the quality of being good looking and attractive

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, comeliness

   Antonyms:
   inequity, unfairness

Matched Categories

1. • Beauty
   • Justice

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1. List of paraphrases for "fairness":

   equity, impartiality, justice, fair, honesty, equitable, loyalty, equidad, even-handedness, equitability, non-partisanship, correctness, equality, impartial

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1. Humam Quader Chowdhury:

   While we are saddened that we have lost our father by way of a motivated and predetermined trial and where the country is gagged from speaking out, we find hope in the fact that the international community recognises the injustice and that fairness and truth shall be restored in Bangladesh, we fought for them under the law and we have been defeated in the legal fight.

2. Jamil Nazarali:

   Today's decision will test and potentially reverse the gains in fairness, efficiency and transparency that have been made to our markets over the last decade, we must be vigilant to identify unintended consequences, and firm in our commitment to equitable and consistent treatment for all investors.

3. Tommy Tuberville:

   The NCAA caved to the progressive agenda for fear of backlash and getting canceled, and that's not what our country is about, they said their decision is in the interest of fairness. But let me be clear: By including biological males in women's athletics fairness is impossible. The fight to protect Title IX will continue.

4. Rudy Giuliani:

   Look, you can try to contort anything into anything, but if they have any degree of objectivity or fairness, it would be kind of ridiculous to say I was doing it on Lutsenko's behalf when I was representing the President of the United States.

5. United States:

   The Department of Justice believes that Yale has been the victim of a crime perpetrated by a former coach who no longer works at the university, the corrupt behavior alleged by the Department of Justice is an affront to United States university's deeply held values of inclusion and fairness.