Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being even-handed; impartiality; justice.
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- noun the quality of being
even-handed ;fairness
Etymologies
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Examples
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Moraes Cabral said he envisions humanitarian goods for Libya being purchased and distributed by U.N. agencies or other international organizations that are "beyond any suspicions" and ensure "the transparency and even-handedness of the process."
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Moraes Cabral said he envisions humanitarian goods for Libya being purchased and distributed by U.N. agencies or other international organizations that are "beyond any suspicions" and ensure "the transparency and even-handedness of the process."
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Gill was a civil libertarian who found inspiration for his even-handedness and love of personal freedom in the life of Jesus even while propounding a surprisingly traditional, creed-friendly view of Christian theological foundations.
Eliot Daley: Same-Sex Marriage Is Not A Matter For Ballots Eliot Daley 2011
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His objectivity, his even-handedness, his news judgment are all great examples.
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Complimenting your abuser is not nobility, diplomacy or even-handedness, it is submission.
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Gill was a civil libertarian who found inspiration for his even-handedness and love of personal freedom in the life of Jesus even while propounding a surprisingly traditional, creed-friendly view of Christian theological foundations.
Eliot Daley: Same-Sex Marriage Is Not A Matter For Ballots Eliot Daley 2011
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No, when there is a new leader, a leader of a marginalized and impoverished nation, prudence would counsel the avoidance of "military-diplomatic" rhetoric and simple repetition of age-old grievances and concerns for justice, integrity, and even-handedness in mutual relations.
Bernard Rowan: North Korea's Distant Sun Bernard Rowan 2011
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"He was in my view the clear star of the Fenty administration," Woodson said, "and he is universally well-regarded in the business community, and that high regard is because of his fairness, his even-handedness, his depth of knowledge of development and business issues, and his ability to administer and manage one of the most difficult organizations in the country, and that's the District government."
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No, when there is a new leader, a leader of a marginalized and impoverished nation, prudence would counsel the avoidance of "military-diplomatic" rhetoric and simple repetition of age-old grievances and concerns for justice, integrity, and even-handedness in mutual relations.
Bernard Rowan: North Korea's Distant Sun Bernard Rowan 2011
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How else to maintain even-handedness while the right offers creationism against evolution, energy company propaganda against climate science, and trickle-down economics vs. actual economics?
Spencer Critchley: The "Gridlock" Story: Why Media Balance Is Broken Spencer Critchley 2011
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