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equitable
[ ek-wi-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair:
equitable treatment of all citizens.
Synonyms: unprejudiced, unbiased, objective, impartial, dispassionate, just, fair, evenhanded
Antonyms: prejudiced, biased, inequitable, unequitable, unjust, unfair
- Law.
equitable
/ ˈɛkwɪtəbəl /
adjective
- impartial or reasonable; fair; just
an equitable decision
- law relating to or valid in equity, as distinct from common law or statute law
- law (formerly) recognized in a court of equity only, as claims, rights, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˈequitably, adverb
- ˈequitableness, noun
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Other Words From
- eq·ui·ta·bil·i·ty [ek-wi-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], eq·ui·ta·ble·ness noun
- eq·ui·ta·bly adverb
- non·eq·ui·ta·ble adjective
- qua·si-eq·ui·ta·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equitable1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equitable1
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Example Sentences
Children in households with more equitable participation of men show better health and development.
Girls raised in households with more equitable fathers show lower rates of unwanted sex.
When the poor have equitable access to voting, they have the ability to vote to support their own economic interests.
This is a prime moment to ask ourselves whether our voting system is yet fully equitable.
“And to her, in what is becoming a more equitable society, that seems like BS,” he told The Daily Beast.
Everywhere man is earnestly and sternly demanding an equitable distribution of the productions of nature and art.
That the tax was reasonable in intention, equitable in incidence, and in itself tolerable, few probably will now deny.
But let us leave these impotent railers, and attend a little to more equitable judges.
General sales expense must be distributed, on some equitable basis, over the total sales.
This important assembly resolved to accept no peace unless based upon equitable terms and secured by ample guarantees.
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