English Online Dictionary. What means accordance? What does accordance mean?
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) accordaunce
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”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɔɹ.dəns/
Noun
accordance (countable and uncountable, plural accordances)
- Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
- The act of granting something.
Synonyms
- harmony, unison, coincidence
Derived terms
- in accordance with
- unaccordance