Pact

//pækt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An agreement; a compact; a covenant.

    "write up a pact"

  2. 2
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns wordnet
  3. 3
    An agreement between two or more nations
  4. 4
    An alliance or coalition.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form a pact; to agree formally. intransitive

    "When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces."

Synonyms

All synonyms
accordagreementpactiontreatyaccordagreement

Example

More examples

"We made a pact that we wouldn't abandon one another."

Etymology

From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”). Probably a doublet of patio.

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