Equalizing and Equitable
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Equalize.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adjective
- Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience.
- usage: "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
- synonyms: just
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.
- (a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary