accordance

English

Alternative forms

(obsolete) accordaunce

Etymology

(compliance): First attested around 1300.
(agreement): First attested in the early 14th century.
accord +‎ -ance
From Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkɔɹd.əns/
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Noun

accordance (countable and uncountable, plural accordances)

Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
  in strict accordance with the law
The act of granting something.

Synonyms

harmony, unison, coincidence

Translations

agreement; harmony; conformity

Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie), съответствие (bg) (sǎotvetstvie)
Dutch: overeenstemming (nl) f
Estonian: vastavus
Faroese: samsvar n
Finnish: sopusointu (fi)
French: accordance (fr) f
German: Übereinstimmung (de) f

Hungarian: egyetértés (hu), összhang (hu)
Portuguese: acordo (pt) m
Romanian: conformitate (ro) f
Russian: соотве́тствие (ru) n (sootvétstvije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)
Spanish: acuerdo (es) m, conformidad (es) f, arreglo (es)
Swedish: enlighet (sv) c, överensstämmelse (sv) c
Turkish: uygunluk (tr), uyum (tr)

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