accordance

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//əˈkɔː.dəns//
Canada//əˈkoɹ.dəns//
Australia//əˈkoː.dəns//

Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

noun

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?
Chinese citizens who exit or enter China shall, in accordance with the law, apply for passports or other travel documents.
2
The act of granting something.

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”).

Forms

plural: accordances

accomplished · Completed; effected; established.accomplishment · The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.accord · Agreement of opinion, will, or action.

accordance · Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

according · Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.accordingly · Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably.accordion · A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or…

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