Meaning | Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience. |
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Examples | - "equitable treatment of all citizens"
- "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
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Synonym | just |
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Narrower | evenhanded | Without partiality |
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honest, fair | Gained or earned without cheating or stealing |
See also | fair, just | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception |
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impartial | showing lack of favoritism |
just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
Opposite | inequitable, unjust | not equitable or fair |
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Spanish | equitativo |
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Catalan | just |
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Adverbs | equitably | in an equitable manner |
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