1.
[syn: equitable, just]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was
equitable. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
equitable
adj 1: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience;
"equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable
distribution of gifts among the children" [syn:
equitable, just] [ant: inequitable, unjust]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "equitable":
balanced, defensible, deserved, detached, disinterested,
dispassionate, due, equal, equivalent, ethical, even, evenhanded,
fair, fair and square, fair-minded, fit, good, identical,
impartial, impersonal, indifferent, judicious, just, justifiable,
justified, lawful, legal, level, meet, meet and right, merited,
moral, neutral, objective, open-minded, principled, proper,
reasonable, right, right and proper, right-minded, rightful, same,
square, stable, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored,
undazzled, uninfluenced, unjaundiced, unprejudiced, unprepossessed,
unswayed, warrantable, warranted
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
EQUITABLE. That which is in conformity to the natural law. Wolff, Inst. Sec.
83.