comity

plural comities

1. countableuncountableCourtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.

   The app [OpenAI's Sora] will further erode truth, and comity.

   2025 October 4, Maureen Dowd, “When A.I. Came for Hollywood”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic animosity, but the comity that was also possible among men of different backgrounds.

   1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 96

   Comity and conciliation are a slog. They’re for suckers. Contempt is victors’ ready, heady prerogative.

   2026 February 16, Frank Bruni, “Pam Bondi and the MAGA Brand of Insult Politics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

2. countableuncountableFriendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations.

   Democrats took control of the House and Senate after 12 years of nearly unbroken Republican rule, with resolute calls for bipartisan comity and a pledge to move quickly on an agenda of health care, homeland security, education and energy proposals.

   2007 January 5, Jonathan Weisman, “Democrats Take Control on Hill”, in The Washington Post