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Definition of Amicable
1. Adjective. Characterized by friendship and good will.
Similar to: Favorable, Friendly, Well-disposed, Unthreatening, Well-meaning
Derivative terms: Amicability, Amicableness
Antonyms: Hostile
Definition of Amicable
1. a. Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.
Definition of Amicable
1. Adjective. Showing friendliness or goodwill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amicable
1. friendly [adj] : AMICABLY [adv] - See also: friendly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amicable
Literary usage of Amicable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law by George Grafton Wilson, George Fox Tucker (1918)
"The amicable Settlement of Disputes It is now generally admitted that in the ...
Other means of amicable settlement should be exhausted before any measures ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"The observed fact in the amicable at any given oge agrees with the mortality ...
The ages 40, 52, and 99 rears in the amicable, correspond with the ages 43, ..."
3. Handbook of International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1910)
"The amicable means of settlement of international differences include negotiation,
... The non-amicable means of redress short of war include breaking of ..."
4. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"TITLE B NON-amicable MODES SHORT OF WAR 1 § 586. ... Non-amicable measures may
involve the use of force or of other forms of conduct. ..."
5. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"The modes of redress may be either amicable or non-amicable, and may range ...
amicable METHODS Upon an injury to an alien, in a case where international ..."
6. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"amicable accommodation is where each party candidly examines the subject of
dispute, with a sincere desire to preserve peace, by doing full justice to the ..."
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