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Synonyms for fairness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, virtueAntonyms:
dishonesty, favoritism, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrongPreposition:
The justice of the king; to or for the oppressed.
Princeton's WordNet
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, comelinessAntonyms:
unfairness, inequityfairness, 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, comelinessAntonyms:
unfairness, inequitypaleness, 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, equityAntonyms:
unfairness, inequitycomeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousnessnoun
the quality of being good looking and attractive
Synonyms:
paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, comelinessAntonyms:
inequity, unfairness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fairness":
equity, impartiality, justice, fair, honesty, equitable, loyalty, equidad, even-handedness, equitability, non-partisanship, correctness, equality, impartial
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#234 | right | |
#332 | law | |
#1667 | fair | |
#1818 | justice | |
#2276 | truth | |
#2555 | equity | |
#4193 | honor | |
#5004 | integrity | |
#6824 | equality | |
#9875 | virtue | |
#10344 | loyalty | |
#13198 | fairness | |
#13655 | honesty | |
#13827 | equitable | |
#17802 | righteousness | |
#17844 | correctness | |
#19510 | impartial | |
#24979 | legality | |
#39237 | faithfulness | |
#41680 | impartiality | |
#46855 | candor | |
#74755 | loveliness | |
#85657 | frankness | |
#89830 | lawfulness | |
#93289 | directness | |
#101912 | pallor | |
#110682 | rectitude | |
#118700 | candour | |
#138911 | uprightness | |
#172726 | paleness | |
#207991 | justness | |
#218350 | comeliness | |
#240992 | forthrightness | |
#246655 | equidad |
How to use fairness in a sentence?
In all fairness, it's just like, paper. It's paper, it goes across the desk. It can be great but it's paper. It's not the same thing to me.
Mr. Spitzer is a private citizen whom various people seek to harass for money or attention, now it appears that a lawyer is making absurd allegations against law enforcement. Mr. Spitzer has been fully cooperative with law enforcement and has the highest respect for their integrity and fairness.
Fairness is very important to him.
If a well-off hospital has eligible expenses, it gets money, there is always a question about the fairness of that, but FEMA doesn’t look at the hospital’s bottom line.
House Bill 1264 restores equality and fairness to our elections.
Translations for fairness
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- عدلArabic
- безпристрастие, справедливостBulgarian
- εντιμότητα, δικαιοκρισία, αμεροληψίαGreek
- justiciaSpanish
- justiceFrench
- արդարությունArmenian
- keadilanIndonesian
- 公平性Japanese
- актык, тууралык, калыстык, ак ниеттик, адилеттүүлүкKyrgyz
- corectitudineRomanian
- че́стностьRussian
- rättvisaSwedish
- న్యాయంగాTelugu
- صداقتUrdu
- công bằngVietnamese
- 公平Chinese
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