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A particular preference or an inclination to favor one side.

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partiality

His partiality for quiet settings led him to choose the garden.
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A fictional civic association planned a nonpartisan candidate forum that would not endorse or favor a political party. Some volunteers held strong partisan commitments, so the organizer asked them to apply the same announced procedures to every invited participant. She also disclosed her own partiality for the historic hall over the newer meeting room, a personal preference unrelated to party affiliation.
From A Shared Forum Across Differences.
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