Neū-trāl’i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. neutralité, It. neutralità, Sp. neutralidad.] 1. The state of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in disputes or contests between others; the state of taking no part on either side; indifference. Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interests of their fellow-subjects. Addison.

2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor evil. [Obs.] Donne.
3. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

Armed neutrality, the condition of a neutral power, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent, between which it is neutral.