partiality

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PARTIALITY, noun parshal'ity. Inclination to favor one party or one side of a question more than the other; an undue bias of mind towards one party or side, which is apt to warp the judgment. partiality springs from the will and affections, rather than from a love of truth and justice. 1. A stronger inclination to one thing than to others; as a partiality for poetry or painting; a colloquial use.
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