fair-handedness

A form of fairhandedness — The quality of being fairhanded; justice and neutrality of treatment.

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Meanings

nounfair-handedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of fairhandedness.

    Gareth's fair-handedness offers an expansive definition of courtesy and service in order to incorporate the justice and equity that have not been forthcoming from the king.

    2014, Ruth Lexton, Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur: The Politics of Romance in Fifteenth-Century England, →ISBN

Origin

From fair-handed + -ness.

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fair-handedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair-handedness

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“fair-handedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair-handedness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fair-handedness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair-handedness.

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