equitable

See also: équitable

English

Alternative forms

• æquitable (obsolete)

Etymology

From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/

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Adjective

equitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable)

1. Marked by or having equity.
2. Fair, just, or impartial.

   Synonyms: disinterested, unbiased; see also Thesaurus: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.

4. (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

• equitableness
• equitable tolling
• equitably
• inequitable
• unequitable

Related terms

• equity

Translations

marked by or having equity

Galician: equitativo (gl) m German: gerecht (de) Irish: cothromasach Romanian: echitabil (ro) Spanish: equitativo (es) Swedish: rättvis (sv)

fair, just, or impartial

Arabic: حَقَّانِيّ (ḥaqqāniyy), عَدْل (ar) (ʕadl) Bashkir: ғәҙел (ğəźel) Bulgarian: справедлив (bg) (spravedliv), безпристрастен (bg) (bezpristrasten) Dutch: rechtvaardig (nl) Finnish: oikeudenmukainen (fi) Galician: xusto (gl) m German: ehrlich (de), fair (de), gerecht (de), unparteiisch (de) Hungarian: méltányos (hu), igazságos (hu) Italian: equo (it) m, giusto (it) m, bilanciato (it) m, equilibrato (it) m Maori: tōkeke Portuguese: justo (pt) m, imparcial (pt) Romanian: echitabil (ro) m or n Russian: справедли́вый (ru) (spravedlívyj), беспристра́стный (ru) (bespristrástnyj) Spanish: ecuánime (es) Turkish: adâletle, adâletli, âdil, bîtaraf, eşitlikçi, haktanır (tr), tarafsız (tr) Ukrainian: справедливий m (spravedlyvyj), неупереджений m (neuperedženyj) Urdu: مُنصِفانہ (munsifānā)

See also

• equitabilis

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aequitable

Adjective

equitable m or f (plural equitables)

1. equitable (fair, just, even, balanced)

Descendants

• French: équitable
  • English: equitable