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Consensus

Agreement; accord; consent.

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Accord 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consensual 74% connected

Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Consensual 74% connected

Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Collaboration 84% connected

The act of working together; united labor.

collaboration vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Broad agreement within a group.

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