fairness
[fair-nis]
- the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
- the quality of being light of hair or complexion: She was proud of the fairness of her skin, and never went out without a parasol and gloves.
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Origin of fairness
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Related Words
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Contemporary Examples
In all fairness to Jay, he told The Intercept that he never expected to be a major figure in Serial.
In all fairness, too, Marshall has at the ready pretty rational reasons for almost every change he made in this adaptation.
Organized money swamped organized people (in fairness not all outside money was right-wing).
All students and faculty in the UT community should support the cause of fairness in admissions.
Sensational and often reckless reports in the press threaten the fairness of a trial.
Historical Examples
So I will, and so in fairness I require to have that plainly put forward.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Not that in reality the odious epithet could, with any fairness, be applied to me.
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
The McVeigh men were all dark, down to Kenneth, and he gets his fairness from your ma.
The BondwomanMarah Ellis Ryan
There is no fairness in letting Jack and Walt suffer for what we did.
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe IslandEdward Stratemeyer
Each will and should be criticised, but always in a spirit of fairness.
Word Origin and History for fairness
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper