equitable

See also: équitable

English

Alternative forms

• æquitable (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) équitable, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) equité.

Adjective

equitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable)

1. Marked by or having equity.
2. Fair, just, or impartial.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.

     I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.

3. (deprecated template usage) (law) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.

Related terms

• equity

Translations

Marked by or having equity

• Irish: cothromasach
• Romanian: echitabil (ro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: rättvis (sv)

Fair, just, or impartial

• Arabic: حَقَّانِي (ḥaqqānī), عَدْل (ar) (ʕadl)
• Bashkir: ғәҙел (ğəźel)
• Bulgarian: справедлив (bg) (spravedliv), безпристрастен (bg) (bezpristrasten)
• Dutch: rechtvaardig (nl)
• Finnish: oikeudenmukainen
• German: ehrlich (de), fair (de), gerecht (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: justo (pt) m, imparcial (pt)
• Romanian: echitabil (ro) m or n
• Turkish: adâletle, adâletli (tr), âdil (tr), bîtaraf (tr), eşitlikçi, haktanır (tr), tarafsız (tr)
• Urdu: مُنصِفانہ (munsifānā)

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Middle French

Alternative forms

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Adjective

equitable m or f (plural equitables)

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

Descendants

• French: équitable
  • English: equitable