partiality (ˌpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- favourable prejudice or bias
- (usually foll by for) liking or fondness
- the state or condition of being partial
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Elspeth made allowances for the older woman's partiality.
, Stage Fright (1993)It's a partiality that has sent macro-economic management for an almighty six.
India Today (1997)Both men are appealing against their convictions on the ground that the jury foreman's ` partiality " may have cost them a fair trial.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)Yet that response indulges the self in the grim deaths of infatuation, addiction and chronic partiality.
, Encountering the West (1993)