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accord

/əˈkɔːd/

noun

Meaning

  • Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.

  • A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.

  • Agreement or harmony of things in general.

    "the accord of light and shade in painting"

  • An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

  • An international agreement.

    "The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War."

  • Assent

  • Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

    "Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord."

Synonyms

assent,
consent,
treaty

verb

Meaning

  • To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

  • To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

  • To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.

  • To agree in pitch and tone.

  • To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

  • To give consent.

  • To arrive at an agreement.