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Accordance

Agreement; harmony; conformity.

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Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Giving 76% connected

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Accord 74% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accord 74% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Accord 92% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conformity 92% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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deixis noun · 78% connection

the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communicatio…

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Illation noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

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According p. a. · 78% connection

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of langua…

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Appoggiatura noun · 78% connection

A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree a…

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Appointment noun · 78% connection

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appoint…

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At one unknown · 78% connection

In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a sta…

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Champerty noun · 78% connection

The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein,…

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Chime verb · 78% connection

To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

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Composition noun · 78% connection

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement…

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Concert verb · 78% connection

Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneo…

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Concord noun · 78% connection

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Conform verb · 78% connection

To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.

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Conformably adverb · 78% connection

With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

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Congruity noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

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Consent noun · 78% connection

Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.

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Consistency noun · 78% connection

Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmon…

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Consistent adjective · 78% connection

Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous…

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Consonancy noun · 78% connection

Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

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