fairness

English

Etymology

From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair +‎ -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).

Noun

fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)

1. The property of being fair or equitable.

   Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.

2. The property of being fair or beautiful.

   Synonyms: fairhood, beauty

Derived terms

• in fairness

Translations

property of being just, equitable

• Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: справедливост (bg) f (spravedlivost), безпристрастие (bg) n (bezpristrastie)
• Czech: férovost f
• French: justice (fr) f
• Greek: δικαιοκρισία (el) f (dikaiokrisía), εντιμότητα (el) f (entimótita), αμεροληψία (el) f (amerolipsía)
• Hungarian: méltányosság (hu), tisztesség (hu), becsületesség (hu), korrektség, igazságosság (hu)
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• Italian: equità (it) f, imparzialità (it) f
• Kyrgyz: адилеттүүлүк (ky) (adilettüülük), тууралык (ky) (tuuralık), калыстык (ky) (kalıstık), ак ниеттик (ky) (ak niyettik), актык (ky) (aktık)
• Ngazidja Comorian: usawa class 11
• Portuguese: imparcialidade (pt)
• Russian: че́стность (ru) f (čéstnostʹ)
• Spanish: imparcialidad (es) f, equidad (es) f

property of being beautiful

• French: beauté (fr) f
• Galician: beleza (gl) f
• German: Schönheit (de) f
• Hungarian: szépség (hu)
• Irish: áille f, gile (ga) f, scéimh f
• Italian: bellezza (it) f
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• Latin: pulchritūdō f
• Old English: fæġernes f
• Portuguese: beleza (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: maise f, àilleachd f, sgèimh f, bòidhchead f
• Spanish: belleza (es) f
• Swedish: fägring (sv)

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