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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Equitable \Eq"ui*ta*ble\, a. [F. ['e]quitable, from ['e]quit['e]. See {Equity}.] 1. 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. No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. --Macaulay. 2. (Law) 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 --Abbott. Syn: Just fair; reasonable; right honest; impartial; candid; upright. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: equitable adj : implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" [syn: {just}] [ant: {inequitable}]
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