Meaning & use
Agrement
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The formal approval given by a receiving state to a proposed foreign diplomat before that person's appointment as ambassador is finalized.
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The foreign ministry granted its agrement before the new ambassador's credentials were formally presented.
Without agrement, a nominated envoy cannot be officially accredited to the host country.
A note on using this word
Agrement is a French loanword retained in diplomatic English because it names a specific, formal step in ambassadorial accreditation with no exact single-word English equivalent.
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