1.
[syn: amity, cordiality]
2. a state of friendship and cordiality;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amity \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. Amities. [F. amiti['e], OF.
amisti['e], amist['e], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L.
amicus friendly, from amare to love. See Amiable.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
To live on terms of amity with vice. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will;
peace.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amity
n 1: a cordial disposition [syn: amity, cordiality]
2: a state of friendship and cordiality
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "amity":
accord, accordance, affinity, agape, agreement, amiability,
amiableness, amicability, amicableness, benevolence,
bonds of harmony, brotherly love, caritas, cement of friendship,
charity, comity, communion, community, community of interests,
compatibility, concord, concordance, congeniality, correspondence,
empathy, esprit, esprit de corps, feeling of identity,
fellow feeling, fellowship, frictionlessness, friendliness,
friendship, good vibes, good vibrations, happy family, harmony,
identity, kindliness, kindness, kinship, like-mindedness, love,
mutuality, neighborlikeness, neighborliness, oneness, peace,
peaceableness, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, sharing,
sociability, solidarity, sympathy, symphony, team spirit,
understanding, unhostility, union, unison, unity,
well-affectedness
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Amity, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 762
Housing Units (2000): 361
Land area (2000): 3.286289 sq. miles (8.511449 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.286289 sq. miles (8.511449 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01360
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.266246 N, 93.464093 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71921
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Amity, AR
Amity
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Amity, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 1478
Housing Units (2000): 495
Land area (2000): 0.600572 sq. miles (1.555475 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007890 sq. miles (0.020436 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.608462 sq. miles (1.575911 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02000
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.116253 N, 123.205619 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97101
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Amity, OR
Amity
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Amity, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 70
Housing Units (2000): 36
Land area (2000): 0.215462 sq. miles (0.558044 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.215462 sq. miles (0.558044 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01054
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.868574 N, 94.434733 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64422
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Amity, MO
Amity