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Definition of "accordant" []

  • Being in agreement or harmony; consonant. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "accordant" in a sentence
  • "Villejo, expressed in terms accordant with his humane and honorable conduct towards his illustrious prisoner."
  • "Trump is making clear he had nothing to do with a mysterious poll in New Hampshire that, accordant to TIME Magazine, asked Granite State voters about a potential Trump presidential bid."
  • "As Douthat put it, abortion is like 7th-degree homicide, and the laws to punish abortion should be laws accordant with 7th-degree homicide."