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equitable

[ ek-wi-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair:

    equitable treatment of all citizens.

    Synonyms: unprejudiced, unbiased, objective, impartial, dispassionate, just, fair, evenhanded

    Antonyms: prejudiced, biased, inequitable, unequitable, unjust, unfair

  2. Law.
    1. pertaining to or valid in equity.
    2. pertaining to the system of equity, as distinguished from the common law.


equitable

/ ˈɛkwɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. impartial or reasonable; fair; just

    an equitable decision

  2. law relating to or valid in equity, as distinct from common law or statute law
  3. law (formerly) recognized in a court of equity only, as claims, rights, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈequitably, adverb
  • ˈequitableness, noun
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Other Words From

  • eq·ui·ta·bil·i·ty [ek-wi-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], eq·ui·ta·ble·ness noun
  • eq·ui·ta·bly adverb
  • non·eq·ui·ta·ble adjective
  • qua·si-eq·ui·ta·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of equitable1

First recorded in 1640–50; equit(y) + -able
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Word History and Origins

Origin of equitable1

C17: from French équitable, from équité equity
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Example Sentences

Every penguin acts individually, but the end result is an equitable heat distribution for the whole community.

I don’t think anyone expects the US to send vaccine to Angola before it gets to Arkansas … The real challenge with equitable access is how to make it work.

Ideally, the Trusts Project would show the world a more equitable way to capture and distribute the true value of personal data.

These policies are the norm for most cities and represent a more equitable distribution of waste collection.

I love that my city is leading the country in environmental initiatives, but in order to continue to lead, we must be a leader in the equitable distribution of local clean energy.

Children in households with more equitable participation of men show better health and development.

Girls raised in households with more equitable fathers show lower rates of unwanted sex.

When the poor have equitable access to voting, they have the ability to vote to support their own economic interests.

This is a prime moment to ask ourselves whether our voting system is yet fully equitable.

“And to her, in what is becoming a more equitable society, that seems like BS,” he told The Daily Beast.

Everywhere man is earnestly and sternly demanding an equitable distribution of the productions of nature and art.

That the tax was reasonable in intention, equitable in incidence, and in itself tolerable, few probably will now deny.

But let us leave these impotent railers, and attend a little to more equitable judges.

General sales expense must be distributed, on some equitable basis, over the total sales.

This important assembly resolved to accept no peace unless based upon equitable terms and secured by ample guarantees.

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