evenhanded

evenhanded
evenhanded c.1600, from EVEN (Cf. even) (adj.) + HAND (Cf. hand).

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  • Evenhanded — E ven*hand ed, a. Fair or impartial; unbiased. Evenhanded justice. Shak. {E ven*hand ed*ly}, adv. {E ven*hand ed*ness}, n. Froude. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • evenhanded — I adjective detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, fair, fair minded, impartial, indifferent, just, neutral, objective, proper, scrupulous, unbiased, unbribed, unchallengeable, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, unprejudiced, upright,… …   Law dictionary

  • evenhanded — [ē′vənhan΄did] adj. impartial; fair; just …   English World dictionary

  • evenhanded — evenhandedly, adv. evenhandedness, n. /ee veuhn han did/, adj. impartial; equitable: evenhanded justice. [1595 1605; EVEN + HANDED] * * * …   Universalium

  • evenhanded — adjective for reasons we have yet to analyze, our older teachers are far more evenhanded than the younger ones Syn: fair, just, equitable, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpartisan, nondiscriminatory; disinterested, detached, objective,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • evenhanded — adjective without partiality evenhanded justice • Similar to: ↑equitable, ↑just …   Useful english dictionary

  • evenhanded justice — index fairness, right (righteousness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • evenhanded — adjective Date: 1605 fair, impartial • evenhandedly adverb • evenhandedness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • evenhanded — adjective fair and having no partiality …   Wiktionary

  • evenhanded — Synonyms and related words: balanced, defensible, deserved, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, due, equitable, even, fair, fair and square, fit, good, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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