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of one's own accord

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ac⋅cord

  [uh-kawrd]
Use of one's own accord in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make agree or correspond; adapt.
3. to grant; bestow: to accord due praise.
4. Archaic. to settle; reconcile.
–noun
5. proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
6. a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc.
7. consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
8. an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations.
—Idiom
9. of one's own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily: We did the extra work of our own accord.
Origin:
1100–50; ME ac(c)corden, late OE acordan < OF acorder < VL *accordāre, equiv. to L ac- ac- + cord- heart, mind; see cordial, heart

Related forms:
ac⋅cord⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ac⋅cord⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. harmonize, concur. See correspond. 2. reconcile.

Antonyms:
1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
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Word Origin & History

accord 
1123, from O.Fr. acorder, from V.L. *accordare "make agree," lit. "be of one heart," from L. ad- "to" + cor (gen. cordis) "heart" (see heart).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 2accord
Function: noun
1 : agreement of opinion accord>
2 : a formal act of agreement : TREATY accord>
3 : an accepted offer by which the parties agree that a specified future performance will discharge in full an obligation when performed even though the performance is of less value than the original obligation; also : the defense that an accord was agreed upon —usually used in the phrase accord and satisfaction; called also executory accord —compare COMPOSITION, COMPROMISE, NOVATION,, SATISFACTION substituted contract at CONTRACT, TRANSACTION 3
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

of one's own accord

Also, of one's own free will. Voluntarily, without prompting or coercion, as in The entire audience rose of their own accord, or No, I'm climbing this mountain of my own free will. The first term dates from about 1450, the variant from about 1600.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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