Partiality \Par`ti*al"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. partialit['e].]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)