rapport

Rapport is a positive relationship between people.

(noun)

An example of rapport is a student-teacher relationship built on mutual respect.

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See rapport in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

relationship; esp., a close or sympathetic relationship; agreement; harmony

Origin: Fr < OFr raport, agreement, accord, lit., a bringing back < raporter, to bring back < re- (< L re-), again + aporter, to bring < L apportare < ad-, to + portare, to carry: see port

See rapport in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from raporter, to bring back

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportāre : ad-, ad- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots)

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