impartial

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
impartial
    adj 1: showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an
           impartial judge" [ant: {partial}]
    2: free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an
       unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial
       eye of a scientist" [syn: {unprejudiced}, {impartial}] [ant:
       {discriminatory}, {prejudiced}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impartial \Im*par"tial\, a. [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F.
   impartial.]
   Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all
   alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable;
   fair; just. --Shak.
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         Jove is impartial, and to both the same. --Dryden.
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         A comprehensive and impartial view.      --Macaulay.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
IMPARTIAL, adj.  Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage
from espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two
conflicting opinions.
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "impartial":
      Laodicean, Olympian, apathetic, candid, centrist, detached,
      disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even, evenhanded,
      fair, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, impersonal, independent,
      indifferent, just, lofty, midway, moderate, neuter, neutral,
      nonaligned, noncommitted, nonpartisan, objective, on the fence,
      passive, selfless, third-force, third-world, unbiased, uncolored,
      uncommitted, undazzled, uninfluenced, uninvolved, unjaundiced,
      unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unselfish, unswayed

    

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