Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR-TIAL'I-TY, n. [parshal'ity.]

1. Inclination to favor one party or one side of a question more than the other; an undue bias of mind toward one party or side, which is apt to warp the judgment. Partiality springs from the will and affections, rather than from a love of truth and justice.
2. A stronger inclination to one thing than to others; as, a partiality for poetry or painting; a colloquial use.