Accordance

//əˈkɔː.dəns// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance. countable, uncountable

    "However, I do not think it appropriate to divide my history in accordance with this threefold partition, so as to deal with singular instances separately, but I shall mix the three kinds, joining things natural with artificial, ordinary with extraordinary, and paying very close attention to all the most useful ones."

  2. 2
    the act of granting rights wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of granting something. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    concurrence of opinion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
accordconformityharmonyacclamationaccommodationaccompaniment

Example

More examples

"You must act in accordance with the rules."

Etymology

* (compliance): First attested around 1300. * (agreement): First attested in the early 14th century. * accord + -ance * From Middle English accordaunce, from Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”).

Related phrases

in accordance with

More for "accordance"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.