Antonyms for alliances

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-lahy-uhns

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaɪ əns

Definition of alliances

Origin : c.1300, "bond of marriage" (between ruling houses or noble families), from Old French aliance (12c., Modern French alliance) "alliance, bond; marriage, union," from aliier (Modern French allier) "combine, unite" (see ally (v.)). As a bond or treaty between rulers, late 14c.

noun friendly association, agreement

Example sentences :

You are wrong in placing this among the alliances in which the heart has no part.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

We don't want these alliances we fancied ourselves once in need of.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

It is, however, in such meetings, that alliances and reconciliations are formed.
Extract from : « Ebrietatis Encomium » by Boniface Oinophilus

Of alliances he was careless, and friendships he had almost none.
Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse

No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute.
Extract from : « America First » by Various

Why, in the name of all the saints, do not alliances fall through for less?
Extract from : « Gycia » by Lewis Morris

Let alliances of marriage with the English be stamped as unpatriotic.
Extract from : « Lord Milner's Work in South Africa » by W. Basil Worsfold

Much depended on the alliances that the rival powers might be able to contract.
Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick

Is it for them to breathe garlic on the alliances of Bourbons and Plantagenets?
Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Verily, these alliances are new things in the history of English royalty.
Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for alliances

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