Meaning & use
congruence
Agreement or harmony between two or more things, or, in geometry, the exact correspondence in shape and size between figures.
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The therapist emphasized the importance of congruence between a person's values and their actions.
The two triangles showed perfect congruence, with matching angles and side lengths.
A note on using this word
In geometry, congruence has a precise technical meaning of identical shape and size, while in general writing it more loosely means consistency or alignment.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
incongruence
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