Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequÄlitÄs, aequÄlitÄtem. Doublet of equity. Morphologically equal + -ity
Noun
equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)
- The fact of being equal; the state of being the same in all respects.
- (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
- The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
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