accord

English

/əˈkɔːd/, /ə.ˈkɔɹd/

noun
Definitions
  • Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
  • A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
  • Agreement or harmony of things in general.
  • (legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
  • (international law) An international agreement.
  • (obsolete) Assent
  • Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English acorden borrowed from Old French acorder derived from Latin *accordo, *accordō, accordāre.

Origin

Latin

*accordo, *accordō, accordāre

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