Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NEU-TRAL'I-TY, n.

1. The state of being unengaged in disputes or contests between others; the state of taking no part on either side. States often arm to maintain their neutrality.
2. A state of indifference in feeling or principle.
3. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor evil. [Little used.] Donne.
4. A combination of neutral powers or states; as, the armed neutrality.