accordance
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (obsolete) accordaunce
Etymology[edit]
- (compliance): First attested around 1300.
- (agreement): First attested in the early 14th century.
- accord + -ance
- From Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
accordance (plural accordances)
- Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
- In strict accordance with the law - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- The act of granting.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
agreement; harmony; conformity
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