amity

From Middle English amite, from Old French amisté, amitie, amistiet, from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”), from amō (“love”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mɪ.ti/, [ˈæ.mɪ.ɾi]

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amity (plural amities)

1. (formal, literary) Friendship; friendliness.
   • 1922, Thomas Hardy, “Welcome Home”, in Lyrics Late and Earlier:

     To my native place / Bent upon returning, / Bosom all day burning / To be where my race / Well were known, 'twas much with me / There to dwell in amity.

2. Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.

• This is a formal term and implies the cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.

• friendliness
• friendship

• enmity
• hostility
• enemyship

• amiable
• amicable
• amorous

• “amity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “amity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “amity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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