fairnessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfeə.nəs/us/ˈfer.nəs/fairness noun [ U ] (FAIR TREATMENT)
C1 the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable:
He had a real sense of fairness and hated injustice.
The ban on media reporting has made some people question the fairness of the election (= ask whether it was fair).
in (all) fairness
considering everything that has an effect on a situation, so that a fair judgment can be made:
In all fairness, he has been a hard worker.
In fairness to Diana, she has at least been honest with you.
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Justice and fairness
- a fair crack of the whip idiom
- all's fair in love and war idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- balanced
- by rights idiom
- equitable
- even-handed
- eye
- fair
- fair go
- fair-minded
- fairly
- fear
- law
- poetic justice
- pound of flesh idiom
- reap what you have sown idiom
- term
- there's one law for the rich and another for the poor idiom
- without fear or favour idiom
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fairness noun [ U ] (BEAUTY)
old use beauty
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Beauty and attractiveness
- attractive
- beauty
- chic
- crowning glory idiom
- dainty
- grace
- graceful
- grandeur
- homely
- hourglass figure
- majesty
- nobility
- picturesque
- poetry
- pretty
- splendour
- stately
- sublime
- sultry
- voluptuous
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