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impartiality|ɪmpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ|
[f. impartial + -ity. Cf. F. impartialité (1725 in Hatz.-D.).]
1. The quality or character of being impartial; freedom from prejudice or bias; fairness.
1611Cotgr., Justice,..vprightnesse, indifferencie, impartialitie. 1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. iv, There must meet in God's ministers, courage and impartiality. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xvi. vi, It is almost impossible for the best parent to observe an exact impartiality to his children. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Evid. Wks. 1843 VI. 350 Where is the cause in which any the slightest departure from the rule of impartiality is..anything less than criminal on the part of the judge? 1836H. Rogers J. Howe Pref. (1863) 6 To maintain a tone of historic impartiality.
†2. Completeness: cf. impartial 2. Obs. rare.
a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 536 Whatever Commands thou art..pleased to lay upon us..grant that we may perform them..with such speed and Impartiality, as the holy Angels in Heaven do. |