n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French acord, from acorder
Date: 14th century
1 a : AGREEMENT , CONFORMITY <acted in accord with the company's policy> b : a formal reaching of agreement : COMPACT , TREATY
2 : balanced interrelationship : HARMONY
3 obsolete : ASSENT
4 : voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act <gave generously of their own accord >