Definition of Pact. Meaning of Pact. Synonyms of Pact

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Definition of Pact

Pact
Pact Pact, n. [L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf. pangere to fasten, Gr. ?, Skr. p[=a]ca bond, and E. fang: cf. F. pacie. Cf. Peace, Fadge, v.] An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. --Bacon. The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. --Burke.

Meaning of Pact from wikipedia

- A pact, from Latin pactum ("something agreed upon"), is a formal agreement between two or more parties. In international relations, pacts are usually...
- The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual ****istance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland...
- Look up pact in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pact is a formal agreement. Pact, The Pact or PACT may also refer to: The Pact (novel), by Jodi Picoult...
- Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between ****...
- Blood Pact may refer to: Blood Pact, a 1993 novel by Tanya Huff in the Blood Books series Blood Pact, a 2009 novel by Dan Abnett in the Gaunt's Ghosts...
- The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and ****an signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively...
- A defense pact (Commonwealth spelling: defence pact) is a type of treaty or military alliance in which the signatories promise to support each other militarily...
- The Poona Pact of 1932 was a negotiated settlement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar that significantly shaped the political representation...
- A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide. The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed. Suicide...
- The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was a treaty signed by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia on 9 February 1934 in Athens, aimed at maintaining the...