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equity - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | equity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impartiality |
| Synonyms: | fairness, honesty, integrity, justice, piece, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, disinterestedness, equitableness, even-handedness, fair play, fair-mindedness, justness, nonpartisanship, reasonableness, square deal |
| Antonyms: | bias, inequity, partiality, unfairness, unjustness |
| Main Entry: | equity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money invested in possession |
| Synonyms: | capital, investment, outlay |
| Main Entry: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
| Synonyms: | candor, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, due, duty, equity, fair shake*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, moderation, propriety, right, righteousness, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity, charitableness, disinterestedness, equitableness, exactitude, fair-mindedness, give and take, justness, legitimacy, open-mindedness, rationality, reasonableness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal |
| Antonyms: | inequity, injustice, partiality, wrong, unfairness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | honesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | truthfulness, candidness |
| Synonyms: | candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, goodness, honor, integrity, loyalty, morality, principle, probity, rectitude, responsibility, right, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, uprightness, veracity, virtue, bluntness, evenhandedness, genuineness, impeccability, incorruptibility, justness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, reputability, scrupulousness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | artifice, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, lying, treachery, fraudulence |
| Main Entry: | indifference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of feeling, interest |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apathy, carelessness, cold shoulder*, coolness, detachment, disdain, disregard, equity, immunity, impartiality, inattention, inertia, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, objectivity, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, aloofness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, coldness, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, heedlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensitivity, insouciance, isolationism, noninterference, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | compassion, concern, feeling, interest, involvement, regard, sympathy, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | probity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fairness, honesty |
| Synonyms: | equity, fidelity, goodness, honor, integrity, justice, morality, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue, worth, rightness, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | deceit, dishonesty, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | level playing field |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of equality |
| Synonyms: | equity, justice, proportion, symmetry, equal opportunity, equal rights |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | antithesis, correspondence, counterbalance, equity, equivalence, evenness, hang, harmony, parity, proportion, symmetry, tension, even-steven, stasis |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, instability |
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, correction, credo, creed, decree, equity, evenness, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, law, legality, litigation, penalty, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, truth, constitutionality, due process, fair play, fair treatment, judicatory, judicature, justness, legal process, legalization, legitimacy, reasonableness, square deal |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
| Antonyms: | injustice, lawlessness, partiality, illegality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of a government, society |
| Synonyms: | act, assize, behest, bidding, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, demand, dictate, edict, enactment, equity, injunction, institute, instruction, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ, bylaw, decretum, divestiture, due process, garnishment, jurisprudence, reg |
| Antonyms: | breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | property |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possessions, real estate |
| Synonyms: | acreage, assets, belongings, capital, claim, dominion, effects, equity, estate, farm, goods, holdings, home, house, inheritance, land, means, ownership, plot, premises, resources, riches, substance, title, tract, wealth, worth, acres, buildings, chattels, freehold, possessorship, proprietary, proprietorship, realty |
| Main Entry: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole*, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty*, mattress, means, nest egg*, nut*, rainy day, resources, riches, sock*, stake, stuff, wealth, ace up sleeve, possessions, reserve(s), something put aside, something put away, stash, valuables |
| Antonyms: | liability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice, morality |
| Synonyms: | correctness, emancipation, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, legality, liberty, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue, enfranchisement, lawfulness, properness, rightness |
| Antonyms: | corruption, injustice, wrong, immorality, unfairness, unjustness |
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