Definition for EQ'UI-TA-BLE-NESS

EQ'UI-TA-BLE-NESS, n.

  1. The quality of being just and impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge.
  2. Equity; the state of doing justice, or distributing to each wording to his legal or just claims; as, the equitableness of decision or distribution of property.

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