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of one's own accord

verb (used without object)

to be in agreement or harmony; agree.

verb (used with object)

to make agree or correspond; adapt.
to grant; bestow: to accord due praise.
Archaic. to settle; reconcile.

noun

proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc.
consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations.

Idioms

of one’s own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily: We did the extra work of our own accord.

noun

agreement; conformity; accordance (esp in the phrase in accord with)
consent or concurrence of opinion
with one accord unanimously
pleasing relationship between sounds, colours, etc; harmony
a settlement of differences, as between nations; compromise
of one’s own accord voluntarily

verb

to be or cause to be in harmony or agreement
(tr) to grant; bestow

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.)). 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. see of one’s own accord.