Noun
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.
A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting.
Source: Webster's dictionaryhe had a fondness for whiskey Source: Internet
she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less Source: Internet
Plowden, p. 25; Robins, p. 16 She was upset and disappointed by George's obvious partiality for Lady Jersey over her. Source: Internet
Hough, p. 102. Even after the birth of her first child, she continued to socialise much as before, which led to some friction between the queen and the young couple, exacerbated by Alexandra's loathing of Prussians and the queen's partiality towards them. Source: Internet
All the members of the committee should preferably be from outside the state to avoid any blame of partiality, later. Source: Internet
And yet the Commissioner of Police insists that there is no partiality, no partisanship, no discrimination. Source: Internet