"fairness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛəɹ.nəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fairness.wav Forms: fairnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair + -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fairness}} Middle English fairness, {{inh|en|ang|fæġernes||fairness; beauty; pleasantness}} Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), {{suffix|en|fair|ness}} fair + -ness, {{cog|goh|fagarnessi||fairness}} Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)
  1. The property of being fair or equitable. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (property of being just, equitable): إِنْصَاف (ʔinṣāf) (Arabic), արդարություն (ardarutʻyun) (Armenian), справядлі́васць (spravjadlívascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), справедли́вост (spravedlívost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), безпристра́стие (bezpristrástie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), férovost [feminine] (Czech), spravedlnost [feminine] (Czech), oikeudenmukaisuus (Finnish), reiluus (Finnish), tasapuolisuus (Finnish), justice [feminine] (French), სამართლიანობა (samartlianoba) (Georgian), δικαιοκρισία (dikaiokrisía) [feminine] (Greek), εντιμότητα (entimótita) [feminine] (Greek), αμεροληψία (amerolipsía) [feminine] (Greek), méltányosság (Hungarian), tisztesség (Hungarian), becsületesség (Hungarian), korrektség (Hungarian), igazságosság (Hungarian), equità [feminine] (Italian), imparzialità [feminine] (Italian), giustizia (Italian), correttezza [feminine] (Italian), адилеттүүлүк (adilettüülük) (Kyrgyz), тууралык (tuuralık) (Kyrgyz), калыстык (kalıstık) (Kyrgyz), ак ниеттик (ak niyettik) (Kyrgyz), актык (aktık) (Kyrgyz), правичност (pravičnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), usawa [class-11] (Ngazidja Comorian), عدالت (ʼadalet) (Ottoman Turkish), قسط (kıst) (Ottoman Turkish), sprawiedliwość [feminine] (Polish), imparcialidade [feminine] (Portuguese), справедли́вость (spravedlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), беспристра́стие (bespristrástije) (english: impartiality) [neuter] (Russian), férovosť [feminine] (Slovak), spravodlivosť [feminine] (Slovak), imparcialidad [feminine] (Spanish), equidad [feminine] (Spanish), справедли́вість (spravedlývistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (archaic or literary) The property of being fair or beautiful. Tags: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Synonyms: fairhood, beauty
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fairness doctrine, in all fairness, in fairness, max-min fairness, unfairness

Inflected forms

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