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Vinony

accordance

noun

  1. agreement
  2. follow a procedure; be in line with expectations or other facts
  3. to give
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈkɔː.dəns/ / /əˈkoɹ.dəns/ / /əˈkoː.dəns/

noun

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

  1. Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

    “However, I do not think it appropriate to divide my history in accordance with this threefold partition, so as to deal with singular instances separately, but I shall mix the three kinds, joining things natural with artificial, ordinary with extraordinary, and paying very close attention to all the most useful ones.”

    “And what had been done that was not in strict accordance with the law of Parliament?”

  2. The act of granting something.