Accord

/əˈkɔːd/ · noun

Meaning

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action..

Definitions by Sense

1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
2. A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
3. Agreement or harmony of things in general.
4. (countable, perfumery) A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
5. (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
6. (international law) An international agreement.
7. Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
8. (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

Example Sentences

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen.

a mediator of an accord and peace between them

Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.

the accord of light and shade in painting

Oriental fragrances often incorporate an accord referred to as amber. It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.

Fougères are built on an accord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration.

Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.

Accord is a satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured ; which , when performed , is a bar of all actions upon this account

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• accords
• according
• accorded

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