Definition of consonance
1
: harmony or agreement among components
His beliefs are in consonance with the political party's views.
2a
: correspondence or recurrence of sounds especially in words
specifically
: recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels (as in the final sounds of "stroke" and "luck")
b
: concord sense 1b
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The first known use of consonance was in the 15th century
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