accords

noun

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.

Agreement or harmony of things in general.

(law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

(international law) An international agreement.

A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.

Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

(countable, perfumery) A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.

verb

(transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

(intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.

(intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.

(transitive, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

(intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.

(intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.

Roots

corcord- · Latin · heart

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