as in friendship
kindly concern, interest, or support
a youth club fostering amity among the city's many and diverse ethnic groups
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Recent Examples of amity
The couple treat the filmmakers — and therefore us — with amity.
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
And despite the show of Franco-English amity in Paris, a combination of political tremors and economic headwinds across Europe is making the task far more difficult.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
The Next Generation is its assertion that intergalactic amity can exist only in an atmosphere of stifling formality.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2015
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
And despite the show of Franco-English amity in Paris, a combination of political tremors and economic headwinds across Europe is making the task far more difficult.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
The Next Generation is its assertion that intergalactic amity can exist only in an atmosphere of stifling formality.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amity
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The files also appear to confirm their friendship remained intact after Epstein pled guilty in June 2008 to charges of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18 — and was sentenced to 18 months in a minimum-security facility.—
Camille Behnke,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026
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Whether that friendship gave Rob strategic insight into the game is an open question, but the link is already fueling speculation.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Liberated from this approach to economic warfare, relations with allies may recover some of their former cordiality.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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All that being said, cordiality may be the path of least resistance for the sake of your other relationships.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Amity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amity. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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