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Definition of Fairness

1. Noun. Conformity with rules or standards. "The judge recognized the fairness of my claim"

2. Noun. Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty.

3. Noun. The property of having a naturally light complexion.

4. Noun. The quality of being good looking and attractive.

Definition of Fairness

1. 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.

Definition of Fairness

1. Noun. The property of being fair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fairness

1. the quality of being fair [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Fairness

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairness

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fairleader fairleaders fairleads fairlike fairly fairness (current term) fairness commission fairnesses fairs fairtrade

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Literary usage of Fairness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"fairness. fairness is itself persuasive. Do not attempt to conceal important ... Present his case with manifest fairness. Present it better than he can ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"But I have let myself to another, even to the King of princes ; and how can I with fairness go back with thee ? APOL. Thou hast done in this according to ..."

3. A Treatise on the Specific Performance of Contracts by Edward Fry (1892)
"CHAPTER V. OF THE WANT OF fairness IN THE CONTRACT. § 387. ... The fairness of the contract, like all its other qualities, must be judged of at the time it ..."

4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"TI fairness of . 1 See vol. iv. pp. 32-47. 5 This however is partly because both in Yorkshire and Lincolnsh the "Clamores" are put together at the end. ..."

5. Community Mediation Programs: Developments and Challenges by Daniel McGillis (1999)
"Perceptions of fairness of the Process The quality of justice can be measured in a wide ... perceptions of the fairness of mediation hearings and mediators; ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... neither do we wish to see classical studies excluded, but we think it reasonable that science and classics should be treated with equal fairness. ..."

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