Definition of "neutrality" []

• The state or policy of being neutral, especially nonparticipation in war. (noun)

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• "They consider the cargo as unprotected by the laws of Congress, because (as they affirm) this vessel cannot be thought to be strictly _neutral_, that Congress meant to pay a regard to _right_ of neutrality, that the _right of neutrality_ only extends _protection_ to the effects and goods of an enemy in neutral bottoms, not engaged in the violation of this right."
• "His main view was to keep our people in peace; he apologized for the use of the term neutrality in his answers, and justified it, by having submitted the first of them (that to the merchants, wherein it was used) to our consideration, and we had not objected to the term."
• "This neutrality is a favorite target of bloggers who say that mainstream journalism objectivity disguises hidden biases of the form, if not the writer."