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)

The property of being fair or equitable.
Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.
The property of being fair or beautiful.

Derived terms

in fairness

Translations

property of being just, equitable

Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʿyun)
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)
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
German: Schönheit (de) f
Irish: áille f, scéimh f
Italian: bellezza (it) f
Latin: pulchritudo

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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