adj
Meaning 1
Marked by or having equity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
equitable
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adj
Meaning 2
Fair, just, or impartial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disinterested, unbiased, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded, fair-minded, dispassionate, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed
Antonyms: inequitable
adj
Meaning 3
Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law; relating to equity or courts of equity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- equitable treatment of all citizens
- an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: just
Antonyms: inequitable
History
Etymology
From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: equitativo — marked by or having equity
- German: gerecht — marked by or having equity
- Irish: cothromasach — marked by or having equity
- Romanian: echitabil — marked by or having equity
- Spanish: equitativo — marked by or having equity
- Swedish: rättvis — marked by or having equity
- Arabic: حَقَّانِيّ (ḥaqqāniyy) — fair, just, or impartial
- Arabic: عَدْل (ʕadl) — fair, just, or impartial
- Bashkir: ғәҙел (ğəźel) — fair, just, or impartial
- Bulgarian: справедлив (spravedliv) — fair, just, or impartial
- Bulgarian: безпристрастен (bezpristrasten) — fair, just, or impartial
- Czech: spravedlivý — fair, just, or impartial
- Czech: nestranný — fair, just, or impartial
- Czech: poctivý — fair, just, or impartial
- Dutch: rechtvaardig — fair, just, or impartial
- Finnish: oikeudenmukainen — fair, just, or impartial
- Galician: xusto — fair, just, or impartial
- German: ehrlich — fair, just, or impartial
- German: fair — fair, just, or impartial
- German: gerecht — fair, just, or impartial
- German: unparteiisch — fair, just, or impartial
- Hungarian: méltányos — fair, just, or impartial
- Hungarian: igazságos — fair, just, or impartial
- Italian: equo — fair, just, or impartial
- Italian: giusto — fair, just, or impartial
- Italian: bilanciato — fair, just, or impartial
- Italian: equilibrato — fair, just, or impartial
- Māori: tōkeke — fair, just, or impartial
- Portuguese: justo — fair, just, or impartial
- Portuguese: imparcial — fair, just, or impartial
- Romanian: echitabil — fair, just, or impartial
- Russian: справедли́вый (spravedlívyj) — fair, just, or impartial
- Russian: беспристра́стный (bespristrástnyj) — fair, just, or impartial
- Spanish: ecuánime — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: adâletle — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: adâletli — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: âdil — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: bîtaraf — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: eşitlikçi — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: haktanır — fair, just, or impartial
- Turkish: tarafsız — fair, just, or impartial
- Ukrainian: справедливий (spravedlyvyj) — fair, just, or impartial
- Ukrainian: неупереджений (neuperedženyj) — fair, just, or impartial
- Urdu: مُنصِفانہ (munsifānā) — fair, just, or impartial
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