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   equality

   /ɪˈkwɒlɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities: "an organization aiming to promote racial equality" Similar fairnessjustnessequitabilityimpartialityeven-handednessegalitarianismequal rightsequal opportunitiesnon-discriminationjusticefreedomemancipationrare:coequalityOpposite inequality
   • 2. a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aequalitas, from aequalis (see equal).

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