unpartialityn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˌpɑːʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌpɑrʃiˈælədi/ The quality or character of being impartial or unbiased; = impartiality n. 1.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > impartiality
indifference1533
indifferencya1535
unpartiality1569
impartiality1611
unpassionateness1611
unpartialness1622
adiaphoracy1623
impartialness1643
even-handedness1820
1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill f. 189v His vnparcialitie, and that he is no accepter of persones.
1579 in W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. B ij In vniformenes of hart and vnpartialitye of minde.
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iv. 232 Ovid speaking of the unpartialitie of the fatall Sisters.
1664 M. Casaubon Of Necessity of Reformation 22 He that shall with judgment and unpartiality, read their answers to the objections and instances to the contrary, will find..that they are put to such shifts to find evasions.
1825 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 19 Mar. 2/6 I shall, however, endeavor to compensate for the want of skill by the most rigid unpartiality.
1858 Jrnl. Jurispr. 2 364 Every one..did justice to the eminent ability, the entire unpartiality and conscientious labour with which he discharged the duties of the chair.
1931 Moulton (Iowa) Weekly Tribune 20 Aug. Bobby dimpled, wept and giggled kissing them both again and again with complete unpartiality.
1984 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Sept. Anything which might be construed..as casting doubt on the unpartiality of the court cannot be permitted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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