In*dif"fer*ence (?), n.
[L. indifferentia similarity, want of difference: cf. F. indifférence.]
1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making
a difference; want of sufficient importance
to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.
2. Passableness; mediocrity.
3.
Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.
He .
. . is far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in
judges which he saith I assign.
Sir T. More.
4. Absence of anxiety or
interest in respect to what is presented to the mind;
unconcernedness; as, entire
indifference to all that occurs.
Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so
far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are
highest importance.
Addison. Syn. -- Carelessness; negligence; unconcern;
apathy; insensibility; coldness; lukewarmness.
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