comity
noun: 1. mutual civility; courtesy. 2. friendly social atmosphere : social harmony: group activities promoting comity; bipartisan comity in the Senate. 3. a loose widespread community based on common social institutions: the comity of civilization. 4. the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another. 5. the policy whereby one religious denomination refrains from proselytizing the members of another. 6. avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination. 2. Short for "comity of nations." comity of nations: 1. courtesy between nations, as in respect shown by one country for the laws, judicial decisions, and institutions of another. 2. the courtesy and friendship of nations marked especially by mutual recognition of executive, legislative, and judicial acts. 3. the group of nations practicing international comity: trans-Atlantic comity.
Example: The comity that has always existed among the town's houses of worship. Related Words: compassion, generosity, altruism, kindness, tolerance, goodwill, rapport, sympathy, friendliness, friendship, decorum, propriety, courtesy, respect, politeness, civility, reverence, deference, camaraderie, cordiality. Synonyms: chime, compatibility, concord, harmony, peace. Antonyms: conflict, discord, dissension (also dissention), variance. Origin: 1535–45; < Latin cōmitās, equivalent to cōm(is) affable + -itās -ity. C16: from Latin cōmitās, from cōmis affable, obliging, of uncertain origin. First Known Use: 1543. History and Etymology: borrowed from Latin cōmitāt-, cōmitās "friendliness, courtesy, graciousness," from cōmis "kind, obliging, gracious" (probably going back to Old Latin cosmis, of uncertain origin) + -itāt- -itās -ity. Source 1, Source 2.
Example: The comity that has always existed among the town's houses of worship. Related Words: compassion, generosity, altruism, kindness, tolerance, goodwill, rapport, sympathy, friendliness, friendship, decorum, propriety, courtesy, respect, politeness, civility, reverence, deference, camaraderie, cordiality. Synonyms: chime, compatibility, concord, harmony, peace. Antonyms: conflict, discord, dissension (also dissention), variance. Origin: 1535–45; < Latin cōmitās, equivalent to cōm(is) affable + -itās -ity. C16: from Latin cōmitās, from cōmis affable, obliging, of uncertain origin. First Known Use: 1543. History and Etymology: borrowed from Latin cōmitāt-, cōmitās "friendliness, courtesy, graciousness," from cōmis "kind, obliging, gracious" (probably going back to Old Latin cosmis, of uncertain origin) + -itāt- -itās -ity. Source 1, Source 2.