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Grammar : Noun

Spell : fair-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛər nɪs

Definition of fairness

Origin : Old English fægernes "beauty;" see fair (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "evenhandedness" is from mid-15c.

noun justice

Example sentences :

So I will, and so in fairness I require to have that plainly put forward.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Not that in reality the odious epithet could, with any fairness, be applied to me.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

The McVeigh men were all dark, down to Kenneth, and he gets his fairness from your ma.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

There is no fairness in letting Jack and Walt suffer for what we did.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer

Each will and should be criticised, but always in a spirit of fairness.
Extract from : « The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 » by Various

This was fairness and impartiality in the eyes of the Chief Justice!
Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various

The Brownies were so called from their tawny colour, and the Fairies from their fairness.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

If I myself were fair, why should not fairness as well be given to me?
Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough

And yet there is another side of the picture, which in fairness must also be presented.
Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley

He had just listened to Senator Wilson, and had been surprised by his fairness and frankness.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

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