Synonyms for equity
Definitions
- n. 1
Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
Related words
- Word family
- equitable
- Phrases
- court of equity equity court equity share jury equity owner's equity ownership equity
Forms
- Plural
- equities → fairnesses, justices, rights, righteousnesses…
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Justice and equity are the same; but human laws, though designed to secure justice, are of necessity imperfect, and hence what is strictly legal is at times far from being equitable or just. Here a court of equity comes in to redress the grievances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- justice Martin Luther King spent his life seeking justice.
- fairness He settled the matter with the utmost fairness.
By length
- 5 letters
- right1
- 6 letters
- candor2
- 7 letters
- justice2, honesty3, candour, probity3
- 8 letters
- fairness2, justness
- 12 letters
- impartiality6
- 13 letters
- righteousness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (candor2 = 2 syllables).