Fair and Sporting

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Fair adjective - Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules.

Usage example: fair deal

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Sporting is a synonym for fair. In some cases you can use "Sporting" instead an adjective "Fair".

Nearby Words: fairness, fairly, faired, fairground

Sporting adjective - Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play.

Usage example: a sporting solution of the disagreement

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Fair is a synonym for sporting in playful topic. You can use "Fair" instead an adjective "Sporting".

Nearby Words: sport, sportive, sporty, sported

Karma Houdini: Belldandy regularly uses her powers to help Keiichi win various contests, sporting events, etc.; she's more focused on making him happy than on fair play.

Source: Manga / Ah! My Goddess
A fair response, considering Maddox is sporting about his defeat, and seems to have had a minor Heel Realization after Picard's speech as well.

Source: Recap / Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E9 "The Measure of a Man"
To be fair, Adam was sporting a "LOSER" forehead tattoo at the time.

Source: Series / Studio C

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