amity

/ˈæmədi/

Other forms: amities

The word amity refers to a peaceful, friendly nature, much like the French word ami, or "friend."

From the Latin amicus, "friend," amity means "friendly relations." That strong sense of friendship lends irony to the name of the book, and later the movie, called The Amityville Horror, about a horrifying town with a weirdly cheerful name. In truth, though, amity means "mutual understanding and peace." Wouldn't it be nice if all of the world's nations lived in amity?

Definitions of amity

1. noun

   a state of friendship and cordiality
   types:

   peaceableness, peacefulness

   a state that is calm and tranquil

   mollification

   a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered

   type of:

   peace

   the state prevailing during the absence of war
2. noun

   a cordial disposition
   synonyms: cordiality

   type of:

   friendliness

   a friendly disposition