Meaning of FAIRNESS
| Pronunciation: | | f'ernus
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- [n] the property of having a naturally light complexion
- [n] the quality of being good looking and attractive
- [n] conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
- [n] ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
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| | Synonyms: | | beauteousness, blondness, candor, candour, comeliness, equity, fair-mindedness, loveliness, paleness |
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| | Antonyms: | | inequity, inequity, unfairness, unfairness | | |
| | See Also: | | beauty, complexion, impartiality, justice, justness, non-discrimination, nonpartisanship, skin color, skin colour, sportsmanship | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fair"ness\, n.
The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of
the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument,
etc.
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| | Related Terms: | | achroma, achromasia, achromatosis, advantageousness, agreeability, agreeableness, albescence, albinism, albino, albinoism, anemia, ashiness, assured probity, auspiciousness, becomingness, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, blamelessness, blondness, bloodlessness, bonniness, cadaverousness, candor, canescence, chalkiness, character, chloranemia, class, cleanness, cogency, comeliness, creaminess, cricket, deathly hue, deathly pallor, decency, desert, detachment, dimness, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, dullness, equitability, erectness, estimableness, evenhandedness, excellence, expedience, exsanguination, fadedness, faintness, fair play, fair shake, fair-mindedness, favorableness, fineness, first-rateness, frostiness, ghastliness, glaucescence, glaucousness, good character, good sportsmanship, goodliness, goodness, grace, grizzliness, haggardness, healthiness, helpfulness, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, hoariness, honesty, honor, honorableness, hypochromia, hypochromic anemia, immaculacy, impartiality, indifference, integrity, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, kindness, lactescence, leukoderma, lightness, lividness, merit, milkiness, moral excellence, moral strength, muddiness, neutrality, niceness, nobility, objectivity, paleness, pallidity, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, pearliness, personableness, pleasantness, pleasingness, principles, prison pallor, probity, profitableness, pureness, purity, quality, rectitude, reputability, respectability, rewardingness, righteousness, sallowness, sickliness, sickly hue, sightliness, silver, silveriness, skillfulness, snowiness, soundness, sportsmanlikeness, sportsmanliness, sportsmanship, square deal, stainlessness, superiority, the fair thing, the handsome thing, the proper thing, unbiasedness, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unopinionatedness, unprejudicedness, unspottedness, uprightness, upstandingness, usefulness, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, vitiligo, wanness, weakness, white, white race, whiteness, whitishness, wholeness, worth, worthiness |
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