mindmap root((公平)) fair implies an elimination of one's own feelings, prejudices, and interests so as to achieve a proper balance of conflicting interests: a ~ decision by a judge. just implies an exact following of a standard of what is right and proper: a ~ settlement of territorial claims. equitable implies a freer and less rigorous standard than just and suggests fair and equal treatment of all concerned: provides for the ~ distribution of his property. impartial stresses an absence of favor or prejudice in making a judgment: arbitration by an ~ third party. unbiased implies even more strongly an absence of all prejudices and implies the firm intent to be fair to all: your ~ opinion of the whole affair. dispassionate suggests freedom from emotional involvement or from the influence of strong feeling and often implies cool or even cold judgment: a ~ summation of the facts. objective stresses a tendency to view events or persons as apart from oneself and one's own interest or feelings: it's impossible for me to be ~ about my own child.