comity of nations
Britishnoun
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Each had made the people of this doubly landlocked country — one of only two, the other being Liechtenstein — of 34 million part of a greater world, a cosmopolis, a comity of nations.
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
Said Manhattan's excitable PM: "Pernicious and irresponsible ... it might have been calculated to do the greatest amount of damage to the emerging comity of nations."
From Time Magazine Archive
Seemingly, it cannot be long before a New Foreign Policy will open the way to the restablishment of Russia in the comity of nations, with resultant prosperity lor the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
No such thing being yet in sight, he calmly continued the ordeal which Japan must undergo before she can re-enter the comity of nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were acquainted with national law, and appreciated the comity of nations, and were indisposed to such rash and informal measures as were proposed by Thomas and Moore.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry
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