Par`ti*al"i*ty (?; 277), n. [Cf. F.
partialité.] 1. The quality or
state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of
a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.
2. A predilection or inclination to one thing
rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a
partiality for poetry or painting. Roget.