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amity

/ˈæmɪti/

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What does amity mean?

noun

  1. (literary) Friendship; friendliness.
  2. Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations.

proper noun

  1. A female given name.
More meanings (17)

proper noun

  1. A neighbourhood of New Haven, Connecticut.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Georgia.
  3. Former name of Pocahontas, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana.
  5. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  6. A village in DeKalb County, Missouri.
  7. A town in Allegany County, New York.
  8. A hamlet in Warwick, Orange County, New York.
  9. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
  10. An unincorporated community in Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Ohio.
  12. A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
  13. An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  14. An unincorporated community in Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  15. An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Texas.
  16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Amity Township.
  17. A town in Redland City, Queensland, Australia, located on North Stradbroke Island.
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See this word in context.

And away they would go, their voices, still conversing with excessive amity, being heard moving all round the harbour.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
But you shall find the band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
More book examples (3)
And yet in the same building adherents of the most diverse religious creeds, eastern and western, met in amity and good fellowship.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
With every power we are in perfect amity, and it is our interest to remain so if it be practicable on just conditions.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
Family life may be marked by exclusiveness, suspicion, and jealousy as to those without, and yet be a model of amity and mutual aid within.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852