accordance

[ uh-kawr-dns ]

/ əˈkɔr dns /

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noun

agreement; conformity: in accordance with the rules.

the act of according or granting: the accordance of all rights and privileges.

Nearby words

accomplice, accomplish, accomplished, accomplishment, accord, accordance, accordant, accordantly, accordatura, according, according as

Origin of accordance

1275–1325; Middle English acordance < Old French. See accord, -ance

Related formspre·ac·cord·ance, noun

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Examples from the Web for accordance

According to Vieira, most of the bones unearthed had to be reburied in accordance with the Native American Repatriation Act.
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TEDx is the independent arm of TED, and local organizers across the world can host such talks in accordance with TED guidelines.
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“We have been and will continue to work to acquire the drugs in accordance with the law,” McNaughton said via email.
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It would take shape in accordance with a three-step acknowledgement of the basic realities we confront on the issue.
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From those he married, he demanded a superhuman innocence, in accordance with the Pentecostal teachings of the Assembly of God.
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Old-fashioned gentlemen still offer their arm, and it is, and long will be, in accordance with etiquette to do so.
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Geoffrey had been appointed Archbishop of York in accordance with the wish that his father Henry had expressed on his death-bed.
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Orders issued in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be in writing.
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The forcing of women to work, in accordance with Socialistic doctrines, would arouse opposition to the new government.
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It was built in accordance with an old-world design, and in shape resembled an ancient chapter-house.
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British Dictionary definitions for accordance

accordance

/ (əˈkɔːdəns) /

noun

conformity; agreement; accord (esp in the phrase in accordance with)

the act of granting; bestowalaccordance of rights

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Word Origin and History for accordance

accordance

c.1300, "compliance;" early 14c., "agreement, concurrence," from Old French acordance "agreeing, reconciliation, harmony," noun of action from acorder (see accord). Of things, "conformity, compatibility, harmony," late 14c. Phrase in accordance with is attested from c.1810 (in Middle English, in accordance of was the usual form).

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