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amity

1

[ am-i-tee ]

noun

  1. friendship; peaceful harmony.
  2. mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.


Amity

2

[ am-i-tee ]

noun

  1. a first name.

amity

/ ˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. friendship; cordiality
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amity1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English amit(i)e, from Middle French amitie, Old French amiste(t), from unattested Vulgar Latin -, stem of ī, derivative of Latin īܲ; ami, amiable, -ity
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amity1

C15: from Old French é, from Medieval Latin ī friendship, from Latin īܲ friend
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There is a hope for a return to the amity seen at the 2021 COP meeting, where they announced a surprise joint agreement to accelerate emissions reductions.

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With that, the funeral mass ends, as does the sibling amity.

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He once said people filed cases against him because he was fighting for Hindu-Muslim amity.

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Opponents of Japan’s more prominent role in Seoul and Beijing are leveraging emotive clashes over disputed islands to push back, and the budding amity between Japan and South Korea could still go off the rails.

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It comes days after Ukraine’s foreign minister was invited to participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Cambodia, where it became the latest signatory to the group’s treaty of amity and cooperation.

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