Antonyms for fairnessfair·ness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. fairness

   In its governmental relations, human or divine, justice is the giving to every person exactly what he deserves, not necessarily involving any consideration of what any other may deserve; equity (the quality of being equal) is giving every one as much advantage, privilege, or consideration as is given to any other; it is that which is equally right or just to all concerned; equity is equal justice and is thus a close synonym for fairness and impartiality, but it has a philosophical and legal precision that those words have not. In legal proceedings cases arise for which the law has not adequately provided, or in which general provisions, just in the main, would work individual hardship. The system of equity, devised to supply the insufficiencies of law, deals with cases "to which the law by reason of its universality can not apply." "Equity, then, ... is the soul and spirit of all law; positive law is construed and rational law is made by it." Blackstone bk. iii, ch. 27, p. 429. In personal and social relations justice is the rendering to every one what is due or merited, whether in act, word, or thought; in matters of reasoning, or literary work of any kind, justice is close, faithful, unprejudiced, and unbiased adherence to essential truth or fact; we speak of the justice of a statement, or of doing justice to a subject. Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due. Lawfulness is an ambiguous word, meaning in its narrower sense mere legality, which may be very far from justice, but in its higher sense signifying accordance with the supreme law of right, and thus including perfect justice. Justness refers rather to logical relations than to practical matters; as, we speak of the justness of a statement or of a criticism. See JUDGE, n.

   Antonyms:
   dishonesty, favoritism, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrong

   Synonyms:
   equity, fair play, faithfulness, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, justness, law, lawfulness, legality, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightfulness, truth, uprightness, virtue

   Preposition:
   The justice of the king; to or for the oppressed.

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fairness, equitynoun

   conformity with rules or standards

   "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, comeliness

2. fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candournoun

   ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, directness, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, comeliness

3. paleness, blondness, fairnessnoun

   the property of having a naturally light complexion

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

   Synonyms:
   blondness, lividness, achromasia, wanness, luridness, lividity, pallidity, comeliness, pallidness, fair-mindedness, loveliness, candor, beauteousness, pallor, paleness, candour, equity

4. comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousnessnoun

   the quality of being good looking and attractive

   Antonyms:
   inequity, unfairness

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, equity, blondness, candour, comeliness

How to use fairness in a sentence?

1. Chad Griffin:

   Commissioner Goodell, you have emphasized the NFL’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, respect and fairness.

2. Akai Gurley:

   I think what matters is, at the end of at the end of the entire process, do people think there was a sense of fairness.

3. Nancy Hogshead-Makar:

   Penn Athletics’s about fairness in women’s sports, the competitive edge that Lia Thomas has is multiple times over the competitive advantage that the most doped-up East German women had.

4. Chunyan Li:

   This approach is subjective, if it is all implemented objectively, than how come all Asians on average have such higher scores? What's the fairness in this? If (Harvard) pushes for (a) holistic approach, then make it fair. If you kept emphasizing race, then there is no way out.

5. John Foley:

   'Jihadi John' happened to be in that position, but if it was not him it would be somebody else, so in all fairness discovering who he is might be important to some people, but it's certainly not important to me.

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