comity of nations

1. 1.

   courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another

   Broadercomity

Questions about comity of nations

What does comity of nations mean?

comity of nations means "courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another".

Is comity of nations a common word?

comity of nations is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.