consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
8.
an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations.
Idioms
9.
of one's own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily:
We did the extra work of our own accord.
Origin
1100-50;Middle Englishac(c)corden,late Old Englishacordan < Old Frenchacorder < Vulgar Latin*accordāre, equivalent to Latinac-ac- + cord- heart, mind; see cordial, heart
1. harmonize, concur. See correspond. 2. reconcile.
Antonyms
1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
British Dictionary definitions for of one's own accord
accord
/əˈkɔːd/
noun
1.
agreement; conformity; accordance (esp in the phrase in accord with)
2.
consent or concurrence of opinion
3.
with one accord, unanimously
4.
pleasing relationship between sounds, colours, etc; harmony
5.
a settlement of differences, as between nations; compromise
6.
of one's own accord, voluntarily
verb
7.
to be or cause to be in harmony or agreement
8.
(transitive) to grant; bestow
Derived Forms
accordable, adjective accorder, noun
Word Origin
C12: via Old French from Latin ad- to + cord-, stem of cor heart
Word Origin and History for of one's own accord
accord
v.
early 12c., from Old French acorder (12c.) "reconcile, agree, be in harmony," from Vulgar Latin *accordare "make agree," literally "be of one heart, bring heart to heart," from Latin ad- "to" + cor (genitive cordis) "heart" (see heart). Related: Accorded; according.
n.
late 13c., accourd, from Old French acord "agreement," a back-formation from acorder (see accord (v.)).
Idioms and Phrases with of one's own accord
of one's own accord
Also, of one's own free will. Voluntarily, without prompting or coercion, as in The entire audience rose of their own accord, or No, I'm climbing this mountain of my own free will. The first term dates from about 1450, the variant from about 1600.