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noun

justice, impartiality, justness, decency, honesty, probity, rectitude, uprightness, truth, integrity, charity, charitableness, veracity, tolerance, right, candor, honor, balance, moderation, civility, consideration, good faith, propriety, courtesy, reasonableness, rationality, humanity, rightness, equity, equitableness, righteousness, goodness, seemliness, full measure, measure for measure, suitability, give and take, evenhandedness, disinterestedness, neutrality, fair-mindedness, open-mindedness, just dealing, fair treatment, evenhanded justice, due, scrupulousness, exactitude, merit, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, correctness, punctilio, virtue, benignity, benevolence, duty, seeing justice done, legitimacy, legality, rightfulness, lawfulness, straightforwardness, niceness, plain dealing, right doing, sportsmanship, nondiscrimination, lack of bias, giving the devil his due*, square deal*, fair play, fair shake*, square dealing*, straight shooting*, doing right by, a fair field and no favor*, the handsome thing*.

Antonyms injustice*, unfairness, partiality.

See fairness in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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