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: /ə.ˈkɔɹd.əns/

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Noun

accordance (plural accordances)

1. Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
   • In strict accordance with the law - Thomas Babington Macaulay
2. The act of granting.

Synonyms

• harmony, unison, coincidence

Translations

agreement; harmony; conformity

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie), съответствие (bg) (sǎotvetstvie)
• Dutch: overeenstemming f
• Estonian: vastavus (et)
• French: accordance (fr) f
• German: Übereinstimmung f

• Hungarian: egyetértés (hu), összhang (hu)
• Spanish: acuerdo (es) m, conformidad (es) f
• Swedish: enlighet (sv) c, överensstämmelse (sv) c
• Turkish: uygunluk (tr), uyum (tr)