1. The quality of being the same in quantity, measure, value or status
   "The company strives for equality in its hiring practices"
    
2. A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
   "The exchange rate maintained equality between the two currencies";
   - equivalence, equation, par
    
3. (mathematics) fact or representation of being equal, of having the same value
   "The equation demonstrated the equality of mass and energy"

Derived forms: equalities

See also: equal, one-sided, unequal

Type of: position, sameness, status

Antonym: inequality

Encyclopedia: Equality, Illinois