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goodwillgest.

goodwill gesture; (especially politics) a symbolic gesture or action intended to demonstrate goodwill, especially towards another state or similar party

12 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹ˈɡʉdː.ʋɪlˌɡest/[ˈɡʉ̀dː.ʋɪ̌lˌɡest]/¹ˈɡʉdː.ʋɪlˌʃest/[ˈɡʉ̀dː.ʋɪ̌lˌʃest]
  1. goodwill gesture; (especially politics) a symbolic gesture or action intended to demonstrate goodwill, especially towards another state or similar party

    masculine
    Løslatelsen ble tolket som en goodwillgest overfor nabolandet.
Where this word comes from

From goodwill (“goodwill”) + gest (“gesture”), literally “goodwill gesture”. The first element, goodwill, is borrowed from English goodwill, an old compound continued from Middle English good wille (“goodwill”). The second, gest, is from French geste (“gesture”), from Latin gestus (“movement, gesture”), derived from gero (“to carry, perform”). Compare the parallel formations Swedish goodwillgest, Danish goodwillgestus and German Goodwill-Geste (“goodwill gesture”).

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