Amicable

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Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. - Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.) an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Amicable numbers (Math.) two numbers, each of which is equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other. - Bouvier.

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amicable - characterized by friendship and good will Antonyms: hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

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