accord

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accord/əˈkɔːd/

▶verb

• 1 give or grant someone (power or recognition).

• 2 (accord with) be harmonious or consistent with.

▶noun

• 1 an official agreement or treaty.

• 2 agreement or harmony.

– phrases
of one's own accord without being asked or forced.
with one accord in a united way.

– origin OE, from OFr. acorder ‘reconcile’, from L. ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’; influenced by concord.