accord
uh-KORDnounMeaning agreement; harmony
Memory hook ac-CHORD: notes in harmony. Lin plays three notes at once on the piano, and they sound lovely together: a chord. People who get along in harmony like that are in accord.
The neighbors reached an accord about where to build the shared fence.
In context For years the two villages quarreled over the river, but the new accord let each draw water on alternate days, and the arguments finally stopped.
Similar agreement, harmony, pact, treaty
Opposite discord, conflict, disagreement
From Latin ad (to) + cor, cordis (heart): hearts brought together.