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Definition of Amity
1. Noun. A cordial disposition.
2. Noun. A state of friendship and cordiality.
Definition of Amity
1. n. Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.
Definition of Amity
1. Noun. (formal literary) friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. ¹
2. Noun. Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amity
1. friendship [n -TIES] - See also: friendship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amity
Literary usage of Amity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1906)
"Thomas Beecher and Elizabeth Terrell, amity, Dec. 25, 1745. ... Elizabeth Beecher,
amity, and John Ailing, New Haven, Jan. 27, 1752. Daniel Beecher, amity ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"amity Anticline.—The amity anticline is first noticed as a nose on the Caddo in
5 S., 23 W., near the centre of section 24. By means of a quartzite layer it ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"The same observation maybe applied to the desire of amity. J " of amity, though
not in altogether equal measure. For, notwithstanding the mischievousness of ..."
4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1910)
"TREATY OF amity, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN AND THE
COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC. May 25, 1908. His Majes.y the Emperor of Japan and His ..."
5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"WHEREAS, a general convention of amity, commerce, and navigation, and for the
surrender of fugitive criminals, between the United States of America and the ..."
6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"Vessels from the southward for Moreton Bay by the south, or amity Point Entrance,
or Rous Channel, after passing either inside or outside of the Flat Rock, ..."
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