Meaning of AMITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'amitee
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- [n] a cordial disposition
- [n] a state of friendship and cordiality
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AMITY is a 5 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | cordiality |
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| | See Also: | | friendliness, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Amities}. [F. amiti['e], OF.
amisti['e], amist['e], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L.
amicus friendly, from amare to love. See {Amiable}.]
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals,
societies, or nations; friendly relations; good
understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity
of the Whigs and Tories.
To live on terms of amity with vice. --Cowper.
Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will;
peace.
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| | Related Terms: | | accord, accordance, affinity, agape, agreement, amiability, amiableness, amicability, amicableness, benevolence, bonds of harmony, brotherly love, caritas, cement of friendship, charity, comity, communion, community, community of interests, compatibility, concord, concordance, congeniality, correspondence, empathy, esprit, esprit de corps, feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, frictionlessness, friendliness, friendship, good vibes, good vibrations, happy family, harmony, identity, kindliness, kindness, kinship, like-mindedness, love, mutuality, neighborlikeness, neighborliness, oneness, peace, peaceableness, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, sharing, sociability, solidarity, sympathy, symphony, team spirit, understanding, unhostility, union, unison, unity, well-affectedness |
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