accord
noun
- 1
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
- 2
A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
- 3
Agreement or harmony of things in general.
“the accord of light and shade in painting”
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An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
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An international agreement.
“The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.”
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Assent
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Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
“Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.”
verb
- 1
To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
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To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
- 3
To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
- 4
To agree in pitch and tone.
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To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
- 6
To give consent.
- 7
To arrive at an agreement.
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