treaty
treaty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.
- 2.A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3.A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- agent
- agree
- agreement
- all
- amity
- and
- attest
- bargain
- barter
- bloodless
- blown
- bond
- call
- calm
- calumet
- candle
- cartel
- caveat
- charter
- clench
- close
- come
- compact
- complete
- completion
- compromise
- conclude
- concord
- concordat
- confirm
- contract
- convention
- conventional
- covenant
- deal
- desert
- diplomacy
- dove
- dovish
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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