If you do something of your own accord, you do it because you want to, without being asked or forced. He did not quit as France's prime minister of his own accord. = voluntarily
A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim
If one person, action, or fact is in accord with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. You can also say that two people or things are in accord. this military action, taken in accord with United Nations resolutions
If one fact, idea, or condition accords with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. Such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology. = correspond see also according to
If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen. In many cases the disease will clear up of its own accord
An agreement by which one accepts something different (usually less) from what is owed as full satisfaction The amount owed may be in dispute or simply accepted as full satisfaction by the creditor or claimant The agreement and acceptance is called "Accord and Satisfaction "
sympathetic compatibility concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" allow to have; "grant a privilege