Neutrality

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neutrality \Neu*tral"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. neutralit['e].]
     1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of
        being unengaged in contests between others; state of
        taking no part on either side; indifference.
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              Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of
              public danger, desert the interest of their fellow
              subjects.                             --Addison.
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     2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor
        bad. [Obs.] --Donne.
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     3. (Chem.) The quality or state of being neutral. See
        {Neutral}, a., 4.
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     4. (International Law) The condition of a nation or
        government which refrains from taking part, directly or
        indirectly, in a war between other powers.
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     5. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or
        states.
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     {Armed neutrality}, the condition of a neutral power, in time
        of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any
        aggression of either belligerent.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neutrality
       n 1: nonparticipation in a dispute or war
       2: tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement [syn: {disinterest}]
       3: pH value of 7

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  152 Moby Thesaurus words for "neutrality":
     Laodiceanism, Olympian detachment, a wise passiveness, abnegation,
     abstinence, avoidance, avoiding reaction, calm, calmness, chill,
     chilliness, circumvention, coldness, conservatism, constraint,
     contemplation, contemplative life, continence, control, cool,
     coolness, defense mechanism, detachment, disinterest,
     disinterestedness, dispassion, dispassionateness,
     do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dodge, dormancy,
     duck, elusion, elusiveness, equitability, equivocation, escape,
     evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, evenhandedness, evenness,
     fairness, fervorlessness, forbearance, forestalling, forestallment,
     frostiness, gentleness, getting around, golden mean,
     halfheartedness, happy medium, iciness, idleness, immobility,
     impartiality, inaction, inactivity, indifference, indifferentism,
     indifferentness, indolence, inertia, inertness, insipidity, jink,
     judiciousness, juste-milieu, justness, laissez-aller,
     laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, lenity, loftiness, lukewarmness,
     meden agan, meditation, middle way, mildness, moderateness,
     moderation, moderationism, neuterness, neutralism, neutralness,
     nonintervention, noninvolvement, nonparticipation, nonresistance,
     nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, nothing in excess, objectivity,
     pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation,
     passiveness, passivism, passivity, perfunctoriness, policy,
     prevention, procrastination, prudence, quiescence, quietism,
     refraining, repose, restraint, self-abnegation, self-control,
     self-denial, self-restraint, selflessness, serenity, shunning,
     shunting off, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, sobriety,
     stability, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, steadiness,
     temperance, temperateness, tepidness, the runaround, tranquillity,
     unbias, unbiasedness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance,
     unextremeness, unopinionatedness, unprejudicedness, unselfishness,
     vapidity, vegetation, via media, vita contemplativa, waiting game,
     watching and waiting, zeallessness, zigzag
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  NEUTRALITY, international law. The state of a nation which takes no part 
  between two or more other. nations at war with each other. 
       2. Neutrality consists in the observance of a strict and honest 
  impartiality, so as not to afford advantage in the war to either party; and 
  particularly in so far restraining its trade to the accustomed course, which 
  is held in time of peace, as not to render assistance to one of the 
  belligerents in escaping the effects of the other's hostilities Even a loan 
  of money to one of the belligerent parties is considered a violation of 
  neutrality. 9 Moore's Rep. 586. A fraudulent neutrality is considered as no 
  neutrality. 
       3. In policies of insurance there is frequently a warranty of 
  neutrality. The meaning of this warranty is, that the property insured is 
  neutral in fact, and it shall be so in appearance and conduct; that the 
  property does belong to neutrals; that it is or shall be documented so as to 
  prove its neutrality, and that no act of the insured or his agents shall be 
  done which can legally compromise its neutrality. 3 Wash. C. C. R. 117. See 
  1 Caines, 548; 2 S. & R. 119; Bee, R. 5; 7 Wheat. 471; 9 Cranch, 205; 2 
  John. Cas. 180; 2 Dall. 270; 1 Gallis. 274; Bee, R. 67. 
       4. The violation of neutrality by citizens of the United States, 
  contrary to the provisions of the act of congress of April 20, 1818, Sec. 3, 
  renders the individual liable to an indictment. One fitting out and arming a 
  vessel in the United States, to commit hostilities against a foreign power 
  at peace with them, is therefore indictable. 6 Pet. 445; Pet. C. C. R. 487. 
  Vide Marsh. Ins. 384 a; Park's Ins. 'Index, h.t.; 1 Kent, Com. 116; 
  Burlamaqui, pt. 4, c. 5, s. 16 & 17; Bunk. lib. 1, c. 9; Cobbett's 
  Parliamentary Debates; 406; Chitty, Law of Nat., Index, h.t.; Mann. Comm. 
  B. 3, c. 1; Vattel, 1. 3, c. 7, SS 104; Martens, Precis. liv. 8, c. 7, SS 
  306; Bouch. Inst. n. 1826-1831.