noun
definition
Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
definition
Friendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations.
Examples of comity in a Sentence
The walls of the ghettos had been cast down, but the Jews could find no entry into the comity of nations.
One of the most interesting features of missionary work in China is the comity that prevails among the workers of different societies and agencies.
The difference of the relations of these two states towards the comity of nations had corresponding internal distinctions.
In 1905 a General Baptist Convention for America was formed for the promotion of fellowship, comity and denominational esprit de corps, but this organization is not to interfere with the sectionalorganizationsorto undertake any kind of administrativework.
Whether in real courtesy of heart they excel Occidentals may be open to doubt, but in all the forms of comity they are unrivalled.