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Accordance

//əˈkɔː.dəns// noun

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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

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”).

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