adj. 1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of partisan. [ Narrower terms: bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way; independent ] [ Narrower terms: nonparty, non-party ] Syn. -- nonpartizan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan commission to study crime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally; absence of bias toward any particular party. Syn. -- impartiality. [ WordNet 1.5 ]