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fair‧ness
[uncountable]
[uncountable]1 the quality of being fair : the basic fairness of the judicial system
the basic fairness of the judicial system2 used after you have just criticized someone, in order to add something that explains their behaviour or performance [= to be fair]: Tardelli had a poor match, although in fairness he was playing with a knee injury.
in fairness (to somebody)
Tardelli had a poor match, although in fairness he was playing with a knee injury.