evenhood

== English == === Alternative forms === evenhead evenhede (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English *evenhode, evenhede, equivalent to even +‎ -hood. === Noun === evenhood (plural evenhoods) (rare, archaic or obsolete) Equality; equity; justice. For quotations using this term, see Citations:evenhood. === References === Compare: “†ˈevenhead, ˈevenhood” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989] Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie, Charles Talbut Onions, A new English dictionary on historical principles, †evenhead, evenhood. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “evenhood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From the assumed Old English etymon *efenhād, from efen (“even”) + hād (“rank”) (the ultimate source of both -head and -hood; compare -hād). === Noun === evenhood (uncountable) Equality; equal dignity, rank, or standing. (countable) One of equal rank; an equal, a peer, an equivalent. (uncountable) Evenness... ...of treatment; impartiality, equity, fairness. ...of mind; mental balance or equilibrium.