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fairness

UK/ˈfɛə.nəs//ˈfɛɚ.nəs/

fairness noun: the property of being fair or equitable.

Noun

fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)

  1. The property of being fair or equitable.
    • Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.
    • The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix It
    Synonyms:
    equity
  2. (archaic, literary) The property of being fair or beautiful.
    Synonyms:
    fairhood, beauty

fairness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

fairness in Hindi

निष्पक्षता, न्यायपूर्णता, न्यायसंगतता

fairness in Tamil

நியாயமான

fairness in Marathi

निष्पक्षता, न्यायनिष्ठा, न्यायीपणा

fairness in Urdu

عدل, منصف مزاجی, اجلاپن, نفاست, حسن, خوبصورتی
More languagesFewer languages
fairness in Bengali
ন্যায়পরায়ণতা, ন্যায্যতা
fairness in Telugu
న్యాయబద్ధత
fairness in Malayalam
വെണ്മ, ശോഭ, ന്യായം, നീതി
fairness in Kannada
ರಮ್ಯತೆ, ಅಂದವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಸೊಗಸು
fairness in Gujarati
નિષ્પક્ષતા, ન્યાયીપણું, ન્યાયીતા
fairness in Odia
ନ୍ଯ଼ାଯ଼ପରାଯ଼ଣତା
fairness in Nepali
निष्पक्षता, न्यायोचितता, न्यायपूर्णता
fairness in Arabic
إِنْصَاف ʔinṣāf

Examples of fairness in a sentence

  • We were beginning to suspect that her ethical qualms were sometimes performative, as the urgent need for fairness and justice seemed to apply to some people but not to others.
  • In fairness he doesn't kick off, nor does the guard treat him like some common criminal.
  • Coleridge smiles mischievously: 'They pay smooth-tongued publishers to instil a sense of fairness and balance into proceedings.'

All 25 example sentences with fairness

Synonyms of fairness

Forms of fairness

pluralfairnesses

Origin of fairness

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

Words formed from fairness

Words that rhyme with fairness

Questions about fairness

What does fairness mean?
Fairness means the property of being fair or equitable.
What is fairness in Hindi?
Fairness in Hindi is निष्पक्षता, न्यायपूर्णता, न्यायसंगतता. See Fairness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fairness?
Fairness is a noun.
How do you pronounce fairness?
Fairness is pronounced /ˈfɛə.nəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of fairness?
The plural of fairness is fairnesses.

Words near fairness in the dictionary

  1. Fairmile
  2. fairminded
  3. fairmindedly
  4. fairmindedness
  5. Fairmont
  6. fairness
  7. fairness doctrine
  8. fairnesses
  9. fairplay
  10. Fairport
  11. fairs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fairness (page history and authors); fairness (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fairness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fairness (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fairness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fairness (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fairness (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fairness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fairness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fairness (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fairness (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fairness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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