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unilateral

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore U words

undertaken or decided by one side alone

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Unilateral in a sentence

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The nation's unilateral withdrawal from the treaty angered its allies.

Synonyms
one-sidedindependentsingle-handed
Antonyms
bilateralmutualjoint

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The treaty was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy, yet historians now regard its terms as blank, since they merely postponed the conflicts they claimed to resolve.

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Unilateral (adjective) means undertaken or decided by one side alone
Here is unilateral used in an example sentence: "The nation's unilateral withdrawal from the treaty angered its allies."
Common synonyms for unilateral include one-sided, independent, single-handed.
Antonyms of unilateral include bilateral, mutual, joint.
Unilateral is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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