accordance
[uh-kawr-dns]
noun
agreement; conformity: in accordance with the rules.
the act of according or granting: the accordance of all rights and privileges.
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RELATED WORDS
accord, consonance, conformity, correspondence, unison, congruence, conformation, consensus, congruity, harmony, conformance, bestowment, bestowal, conferral, gift, grant
Nearby words
- accomplice,
- accomplish,
- accomplished,
- accomplishment,
- accord,
- accordant,
- accordantly,
- accordatura,
- according,
- according as
Origin of accordance
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accordance
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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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