fairness
Americannoun
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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.
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the quality of being light of hair or complexion.
Due to the fairness of her skin, she had to wear extra sunscreen even in the winter.
One of the traits that he got from his father was the fairness of his hair.
Etymology
Origin of fairness
Example Sentences
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In fairness, the title is a clue that technically the focus was never Korean music.
From Los Angeles Times
Walmart said it was improving its systems to "ensure fairness and transparency" and had already started making payments to people who had been affected.
From BBC
For David Spencer, a former Detective Chief Inspector at the Metropolitan Police, badly parked e-bikes are corrosive to our sense of fairness.
From BBC
However, he said "enormous pressures on budgets" and "the need for fairness across the education system" meant from April 2027 a three-year freeze was necessary.
From BBC
On the evening of Jan. 15, 26 undergrads gathered for dinner in a common room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to debate the fairness of college admissions post-affirmative action.
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