amity

Speech parts

1. amity - Noun

2. Amity - Proper noun

Meaning

Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

friendship harmony affection friendliness cordiality concord alliance peace understanding solidarity fellowship benevolence rapport goodwill comity
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Antonyms

hostility enmity holocaust frost milt miff
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Hypernyms

peace friendliness

Hyponyms

peacefulness peaceableness

Related terms

amicable amorous amiable

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

amities

Anagrams

atimy

Examples

The duty of holding a Neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation, in cases in which it is free to act, to maintain inviolate the relations of Peace and amity toward other Nations. George Washington

Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals. Herman Melville

Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns. Gary Hamel

We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity. Li Peng

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations. Franklin Pierce Adams

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity. Ambrose Bierce

Close letter words and terms

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