fairness
The property of being fair or equitable.
Example
“Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.”
Other meanings
The property of being fair or beautiful.
Related words
- in fairness
- fairness doctrine
- in all fairness
- max-min fairness
- unfairness
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "fæġernes" (fairness; beauty; pleasantness).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fairness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.