Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amity \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Amities}. [F. amiti['e], OF.
amisti['e], amist['e], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L.
amicus friendly, from amare to love. See {Amiable}.]
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals,
societies, or nations; friendly relations; good
understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity
of the Whigs and Tories.
To live on terms of amity with vice. --Cowper.
Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will;
peace.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amity
n 1: a cordial disposition [syn: {cordiality}]
2: a state of friendship and cordiality
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