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comity (KOM i tee) (noun)
A social, friendly atmosphere or relationship promoting harmony: The comity among the villagers promoted a peaceful lifestyle which appealed to those seeking a restful holiday.
committee (kuh MIT ee) (noun)
A group of individuals acting together for a designated purpose; such as, to investigate a situation: The committee of lawyers worked together to draft new legislation to settle the land claims.
The committee acted in comity when they met making it a pleasant committee on which to serve.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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committee
1. A group of people officially delegated to perform a function; such as, investigating, considering, reporting, report on, or act upon a particular matter.
2. A group of people appointed or chosen to perform a function on behalf of a larger group.
3. In law, an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
4. Etymology: from 1621, revival of Anglo-Frrench commite, past participle of commettre, "to commit"; from Latin committere, "to bring together"; from com-, "together" + mittere, "to put, to send".
2. A group of people appointed or chosen to perform a function on behalf of a larger group.
3. In law, an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
4. Etymology: from 1621, revival of Anglo-Frrench commite, past participle of commettre, "to commit"; from Latin committere, "to bring together"; from com-, "together" + mittere, "to put, to send".
Originally, "a person to whom something is committed" (1495); and then extended in the 17th century to mean "a body of such people".
A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.
A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.
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miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt
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committee (lexicomedy)
A group that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
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Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
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A committee is a group of people who keep minutes and waste hours.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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committee
A group of people who keep minutes and waste hours.
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Definitions in Deviant and Comical Format
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