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rapport
Synonyms:

(noun) camaraderie, communion, fellowship, rapprochement, understanding. 
     
Related Words:

(noun) affinity, agreement, bond, compatibility, concord, cotton, empathy, groove, harmony, interrelationship, link, relationship, simpatico, soul, sympathy, togetherness, unity.

Origin:

1530–40; <French, derivative of rapporter “to bring back, report,” equivalent to r(e)- re- + apporter (Old French aporter, from Latin apportāre, equivalent to ap-ap-1 + portāre “to carry”; see port5). Dictionary 2: C15: from French, from rapporter to bring back, from re- + aporter, from Latin apportāre, from ad to + portāre to carry. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of rapport: 1660. History and Etymology for rapport: French, from rapporter to bring back, refer, from Old French raporter to bring back, from re- + aporter to bring, from Latin apportare, from ad- ad- + portare to carry — more at fare. —Merriam-Webster.

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