Associations to the word «Unilateral»

Wiktionary

UNILATERAL, adjective. Done by one side only
UNILATERAL, adjective. Affecting only one side of the body
UNILATERAL, adjective. Binding or affecting one party only
UNILATERAL CONTRACT, noun. (legal) An agreement in which an offeror's offer can be accepted only by the performance of an act by the offeree; a "promise for a performance".

Dictionary definition

UNILATERAL, adjective. Involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision".
UNILATERAL, adjective. Tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne