in fairness

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in fairness

phrase in all fairness · infairness

As a counterpoint; for the sake of balance; to lessen the harm. Chelsea were given a debatable penalty for Eden Hazard to make it 2-1 in the first period of extra-time and it was another night of repeat offending from Costa. Mourinho, in fairness, focused on his team’s shortcomings rather than any misplaced sense of injustice and even called for Uefa to let Ibra
Similar: to be fair

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prep_phrase for the sake of balance

Français	pour sa défense
Deutsch	fairerweise, gerechterweise
Русский	справедливости ради spravedlivosti radi

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@misc{in_fairness_2026,
  title = {in fairness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20fairness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}