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See also: équitable
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- æquitable (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]equitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable)
- Marked by or having equity.
- Fair, just, or impartial.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 33:
- I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 254:
- Security can be obtained but by defined rights, and these can be ensured only by equitable laws.
- (law) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law; relating to equity or courts of equity.
- Coordinate term: legal
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]marked by or having equity
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fair, just, or impartial
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See also
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]equitable m or f (plural equitables)
- equitable (fair, just, even, balanced)