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Definition: Comity |
ComityNoun1. A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Comity \Com"i*ty\, noun; plural Comities. [Latin expression comitas, from comis courteous, kind.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | 1. In international relations it is the recognition that one sovereignty allows within its territory to the legislative, executive or judicial acts of another sovereignty, with due regard to the rights of its own citizens. 2. Courtesy, respect, and good will. (references) |
Law | The doctrine requiring courts of one state to recognize the laws of foreign states and judgments of competent courts of such states, in order to secure the reciprocal recognition by that foreign state of the laws of the first state and the judgments of its courts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ComitySynonyms: courtesy, good breeding, good will. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Comity |
| English words defined with "comity": Comities, Comity of nations ♦ Incomity. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Mozambique | This state of comity, spurred by the end of the superpower confrontation on the continent, South Africa's democratic transition, and most importantly, Mozambique's own internal changes, bodes well for continued strong ties. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Some legislation appears to be called for as well by our own interest as by comity to the adjoining British provinces. |
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| "Comity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Comity" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "comity": comity of nations. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
central comity | 5 |
comity | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "comity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sjellje e njerëzishme (humanity), njerëzi (civility, courtesy, courtliness, decency, humanity, Lord, mankind, people, politeness, public, world). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كياسة (civility, complaisance, complaisant, courtesy, delicacy, elegance, grace, politeness, refinement, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вежливост (affability, amenity, complaisance, courtliness, delicacy, politeness, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zdvořilost (civility, courtesy, mannerliness, politeness, respectfulness, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نزاکت (Civility, Propriety, Suavity, Tact), تعارف (Chivalry, Compliment, Salutation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Höflichkeit (amenity, blandness, civility, compliment, cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, pleasantry, politeness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευγένεια (chivalry, civility, complaisance, consideration for, courtesy, cousteousness, delicacy, gallantry, gentility, gentleness, graciousness, humaneness, ladyship, loftiness, nobility, nobleness, politeness, refinement, respectfulness, tactfulness, urbanity, urbanness), λεπτότησ (delicacy, fineness, gauziness, niceness, nicety, polish, refinement, sleaziness, slenderness, slimness, subtlety, tact, tactfulness, tenuity, tenuousness, thinness, ticklishness, waspishness), λεπτότητα (consideration, daintiness, delicacy, fineness, flimsiness, gauziness, niceness, nicety, polish, refinement, sleaziness, slenderness, slightness, slimness, subtlety, tact, tactfulness, tenuity, tenuousness, thinness, ticklishness, waspishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | udvariasság (affability, attention, chivalry, civility, complacency, complaisance, courtesy, courtliness, gallantry, mannerliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness, obsequiousness, politeness, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cortesia (civility, complaisance, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, Favor, favour, friendliness, gentleness, goodness, goodwill, kindness, politeness, urbanity), gentilezza (affability, blandness, civility, courtesy, Favor, favour, gentleness, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, lovableness, thoughtfulness, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Cooyrtoilid ny hashoonyn (Comity of Nations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omitycay cortesia (amenity, attention, civility, courtesy, gallantry, mannerliness, politeness, suavity, urbanity), delicadeza (consideration, courtesy, daintiness, delicacy, fineness, finesse, mannerliness, niceness, nicety, respect, suavity, tenderness, urbanity). (various references) relaţii de respect reciproc, politeţe (civility, complaisance, courtesy, courtliness, decency, form, mannerliness, politeness). (various references) вежливость (affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, mannerliness, politeness, urbanity). (various references) učtivost (civility, complaisance, courtesy, mannerliness, obligingness, politeness). (various references) cortesía (affability, candidness, chivalry, civility, courtesy, curtsey, curtsy, decency, gallantry, politeness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) hövlighet (civility, politeness). (various references) nezaket (affability, civility, complaisance, courtesy, daintiness, decency, decorum, delicacy, devoirs, gallantry, gentleness, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, keenness, kindliness, kindness, mildness, polish, politeness, suavity, sweetness, urbaneness, urbanity), kibarlık (chivalry, civility, gentility, grandeur, kid glove, mannerliness, niceness, nobleness, polish, refinement, smartness, urbaneness, urbanity). (various references) ввічливість (affability, civility, complaisance, courtesy, courtliness, decency, mannerliness, politeness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) sự nhã nhặn (affability, affableness, comeliness, courteousness), sự lịch thiệp (politeness), sự lịch sự (affability, affableness, chic, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, politeness, refinement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Comity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: canity, cogit, coitu, Coity, comfily, comish, comit, comite, comitt, comitte, comitty, commitie, committy, commity, commiy, commuty, comot, Comsit, Comtek, conit, conty, Cuminyn, Cwmyoy, domity, Shlomith, somity, toxity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "comity" (pronounced kō"mi'tē) |
| 3 | -i' t ē | Intercity. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: myotic. | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-m-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: city, mity, omit, otic. | |
-3 letters: cot, coy, icy, moc, mot, tic, tom, toy, yom. | |
-4 letters: it, mi, mo, my, om, oy, ti, to, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-m-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: mycotic, myotics, zymotic. | |
+2 letters: mucosity, myotonic. | |
+3 letters: antonymic, commodity, community, dichotomy, hemolytic, homolytic, impotency, metonymic, microcyte, mitomycin, monocytic, monotypic, mucolytic, multicopy, mycotoxin, myopathic, symbiotic, timocracy, toponymic, zygomatic. | |
+4 letters: actomyosin, amylolytic, asymptotic, atomically, comicality, compatibly, complexity, complicity, conformity, craniotomy, cyclotomic, dictyosome, ecchymotic, importancy, macrocytic, matronymic, mediocrity, mesophytic, microcytes, microcytic, mitomycins, mycologist, mycotoxins, myelocytic, mythologic, mythopoeic, patronymic, plyometric, polyatomic, polymathic, premycotic, pyrometric, sanctimony, sociometry, trichotomy, viscometry, vitrectomy. | |
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