Thesaurus: treaty

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1. n. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.
2. n. 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. n. A proposal tending to an agreement.
4. n. A treatise; a tract.
5. n. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns