pacts
Deals between parties
Pacts are formal agreements between parties, often carrying a sense of solemnity or binding commitment.
The word suggests something weightier than a casual agreement—treaties between nations, deals sealed with ceremony, or promises made with serious intent: The two countries signed a nonaggression pact.
A pact can also be informal but earnest: We made a pact never to speak of it again.
The singular is pact.
Harmony between parties
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- dealAgreement or distribution
- treatyBinding pact between nations
understanding · arrangement · concordat · entente · protocol · convention · settlement · terms
Joint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- mutualShared between parties
collective · concerted · joint · reciprocal · solidarity · consensus · harmony · unity
Formal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- pledgeBinding promise given
- bondBinding tie or connection
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
undertaking · commitment · promise · word · assurance · affirmation · troth · avowal
Binding pact between nations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- detenteRelaxation of strained relations
nonaggression · rapprochement · conciliation · mediation · arbitration · negotiation · summit · signatories
Temporary alliance for action
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
union · partnership · consortium · cartel · axis · syndicate · guild · fraternity
accord
Harmony between parties
treaty · understanding · arrangement · concordat · entente · protocol · convention · settlement · terms · bargain
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
mutual · collective · concerted · joint · reciprocal · solidarity · consensus · harmony · unity · coordination
oath
Formal binding promise
guarantee · undertaking · commitment · promise · word · assurance · affirmation · troth · avowal · engagement
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
detente · nonaggression · rapprochement · conciliation · mediation · arbitration · negotiation · summit · signatories · ratification
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
league · union · partnership · consortium · cartel · axis · syndicate · guild · fraternity · brotherhood
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- government actionslaws, policies, presidential decree, resolution, mandates
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, statutes
- understandingsagreements, accords, treaties, deals, arrangements
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
pactsbreaches
Breaks or violations
violations · broken promises · renunciations · repudiations · betrayals
pactswars
Organized armed conflicts
hostilities · enmities · rivalries · vendettas · antagonisms
- devil's pactSoul-trading agreement
- pact with the devilSoul-selling agreement for gain
- blood pactPromise sealed by cutting
- defense pactAgreement for mutual military protection
- suicide pactAgreement to die together
- secret pactConfidential binding arrangement
compact, pact, compactness, compactly, compactor, compaction