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''amity'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260718130800-00-⌔

amity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

amity (plural amities)

  • (formal, literary) Friendship; friendliness.
    • ✤ Antonyms: enmity, hostility, enemyship, enemyhood
    • ✤ Coordinate terms: frenemyship, rivalry
    • ✤ 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.1
  • Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations.
    • ✤ Antonyms: enmity, hostility, enemyship, enemyhood
    • ✤ Near-synonyms: accord, concord, harmony, peace, peacefulness

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăm ′ ĭ-tē
  • (US) IPA: /ˈæmɪti/, [ˈɛəmɪɾi]
  • Audio (US): 🔊
  • Hyphenation: am‧i‧ty

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Footnotes

  1. 1922, Thomas Hardy, “Welcome Home”, in Lyrics Late and Earlier: ↩