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Amities
(gcide)
Amity \Am"i*ty\, n.; pl. Amities. [F. amiti['e], OF.
amisti['e], amist['e], fr. an assumed LL. amisitas, fr. L.
amicus friendly, from amare to love. See Amiable.]
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals,
societies, or nations; friendly relations; good
understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity
of the Whigs and Tories.
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To live on terms of amity with vice. --Cowper.
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Syn: Harmony; friendliness; friendship; affection; good will;
peace.
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calamities
(encz)
calamities,kalamity pl. Jiří Šmoldas
Calamities
(gcide)
Calamity \Ca*lam"i*ty\n.; pl. Calamities. [L. calamitas, akin
to in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamit['e]]
1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally
applied to events or disasters which produce extensive
evil, either to communities or individuals.
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Note: The word calamity was first derived from calamus when
the corn could not get out of the stalk. --Bacon.
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Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the
soul. --W. Irving.
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2. A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise.
--Burke.
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Where'er I came I brought calamity. --Tennyson.

Syn: Disaster; distress; affliction; adversity; misfortune;
unhappiness; infelicity; mishap; mischance; misery;
evil; extremity; exigency; downfall.

Usage: Calamity, Disaster, Misfortune, Mishap,
Mischance. Of these words, calamity is the
strongest. It supposes a somewhat continuous state,
produced not usually by the direct agency of man, but
by natural causes, such as fire, flood, tempest,
disease, etc, Disaster denotes literally ill-starred,
and is some unforeseen and distressing event which
comes suddenly upon us, as if from hostile planet.
Misfortune is often due to no specific cause; it is
simply the bad fortune of an individual; a link in the
chain of events; an evil independent of his own
conduct, and not to be charged as a fault. Mischance
and mishap are misfortunes of a trivial nature,
occurring usually to individuals. "A calamity is
either public or private, but more frequently the
former; a disaster is rather particular than private;
it affects things rather than persons; journey,
expedition, and military movements are often attended
with disasters; misfortunes are usually personal; they
immediately affect the interests of the individual."
--Crabb.
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