Category:Partiality

Par`ti*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [cf. F. partialité.]

1. The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one Party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of Mind.

2. A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; Special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting. Roget.