Wednesday, February 17, 2010

#48 amity

#48 amity- friendship, cordiality

- C15 from French amite, from Latin amicitas, friendship, amicus friend

-His family received us with great amity, and offered us hospitality.

- We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.~ Franklin Adams

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