amicability

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“We have to rise above partisanship in our personal relationships. We have to treat each with respect and dignity and a sense of amicability that the rest of the world doesn’t always share,” Sotomayor said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2018

“We have to treat each other with respect and dignity and with a sense of amicability that the rest of the world doesn’t often share.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2018

He said he was surprised by it, but otherwise opted for amicability.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2018

I was content to de-escalate in order to preserve a bit of amicability between us and to make our inevitable run-ins easier.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2016

And thus it happened that the topic was jealously avoided by each; though, with mutual occupation and amusements, they became friendly again, now the disturber of their amicability was removed.

From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft