From French _comité_, from Latin _comitas_, from _comis_ (“courteous”)

* IPA(key): /ˈkɒmɪti/ * Homophone: comedy (_in accents with flapping_)

COMITY (_plural_ COMITIES) * Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony. * 1994, Nelson Mandela, _Long Walk to Freedom_, Abacus 2010, p. 96: There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic animosity, but the COMITY that was also possible among men of different backgrounds. * Friendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations. * _Houston Chronicle_ 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. SYNONYMS * frith