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concertation

[ kon-ser-tey-shuhn; French kawn-ser-ta-syawn ]

noun

  1. (especially in European politics) cooperation, as among opposing factions, aimed at effecting a unified proposal or concerted action.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of concertation1

First recorded in 1500–10; from French, from Latin concertātiōn-, stem of concertātiō “controversy, strife,” from concertāt(us) “contended” (past participle of concertāre “to contend, fight,” from con- con- + certāre “to contend,” literally, “to decide repeatedly,” from cernere “to decide, separate, sift”) + -iō -ion; influenced by French concerter ( concert ) and perhaps a new formation
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Example Sentences

Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual.

So long as the interim lasts, the affair of the German constitution is left to the free concertation of the individual states.

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