accords

Treaties between nations

Accords connects to agreement and harmony.

Nations sign accords to formalize treaties: the Paris Climate Accords.

To accord someone respect or recognition is to grant it: She was accorded full honors.

Things that accord with each other are in harmony or agreement: His actions don't accord with his words.

Of one's own accord means voluntarily, without external pressure.

agreement

treaty

Binding pact between nations

deal · covenant · compact · convention · protocol · understanding · arrangement · negotiation · ratification · signatories

harmony

alignment

Correct relative positioning

correspondence · conformity · compatibility · congruence · synchrony · balance · attunement · rapport · keeping · line

diplomacy

summit

Peak or diplomatic gathering

  • negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
  • mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
  • envoyAccredited diplomatic representative

ambassador · delegation · statecraft · international-relations · Geneva · Paris · Oslo · Dayton · Minsk · Helsinki

grants

bestows

Gives formally or ceremonially

affords · allows · permits · yields · furnishes · provides · vouchsafes · concedes · awards · presents

Categories
Opposites
agreement vs. disagreement

accordsdisagreements

Failures to concur

disputes · conflicts · clashes · discord · hostilities

harmony vs. conflict (verb sense: "accords with")

accordsclashes

Violent encounters or disagreements

conflicts · contradicts · contrasts · disagrees · jars

granting vs. withholding (verb sense: "accords respect")

accordsdenies

Declares something untrue

withholds · refuses · withdraws · revokes · retracts

Phrases
Family

accord, according, accorded, accordance

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