amity

¹

[ am-i-tee ]

noun

1. friendship; peaceful harmony.
2. mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.

Amity

²

[ am-i-tee ]

noun

1. a first name.

amity

/ ˈæmɪtɪ /

noun

1. friendship; cordiality

Word History and Origins

Origin of amity¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English amit(i)e, from Middle French amitie, Old French amiste(t), from unattested Vulgar Latin amicitāt-, stem of amīcitās, derivative of Latin amīcus; ami, amiable, -ity

Word History and Origins

Origin of amity¹

C15: from Old French amité, from Medieval Latin amīcitās friendship, from Latin amīcus friend

Example Sentences

The shark, as a threat, is foreign, is ultimately conquerable, and can be left in the past without requiring any self-reflection from the residents of Amity Island.

From Slate

Doug Bond, a co-chair on the advisory group and the head of the Amity Foundation, a nonprofit that works with formerly incarcerated people, said the recommendations, if implemented, would be transformative for both inmates and prison staff.

From Seattle Times

Bond is the head of the Amity Foundation, which runs this facility in partnership with CDCR, and is the co-chair of the advisory committee charged with reimagining San Quentin.

From Los Angeles Times

He was a foster kid, he told me, who had been plucked from the system by the founder of Amity, a woman who had been incarcerated herself.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are ecstatic,” Sophie Amity Debs, who helped organize the Save Denny Blaine campaign against the project, said Friday.

From Seattle Times