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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Treaty \Trea"ty\, noun; pl. {Treaties}. [OE. tretee, F. trait['e], LL. tractatus; cf. L. tractatus a handling, treatment, consultation, tractate. See {Treat}, and cf. {Tractate}.]
1. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation. ''By sly and wise treaty.'' --Chaucer.
He cast by treaty and by trains Her to persuade. --Spenser.
2. An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.
3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
treaty
noun: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: {pact}, {accord}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "treaty": NATO, SEATO, accord, agreement, alliance, arrangement, bargain, capitulation, cartel, charter, compact, concord, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, deal, entente, entente cordiale, international agreement, league, mutual-defense treaty, nonaggression pact, pact, paction, reconciliation, settlement, understanding
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