unilateral disarmament

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• Unilateral disarmament — is a policy option, to renounce weapons without seeking equivalent concessions from one s actual or potential rivals. It was most commonly used in the 20th century in the context of unilateral nuclear disarmament , a recurrent objective of peace… …   Wikipedia

• Disarmament — is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country s military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms …   Wikipedia

• unilateral — 1802, from Mod.L. unilateralis, from unum, neut. of unus one (see ONE (Cf. one)) + latus (gen. lateralis) side (see OBLATE (Cf. oblate) (n.)). Jeremy Bentham (1748 1832) may have been the first to use it in the legal sense of made or entered into …   Etymology dictionary

• disarmament — n. general, universal; multilateral; nuclear; phased; unilateral disarmament * * * [dɪs ɑːməmənt] multilateral nuclear phased unilateral disarmament universal general …   Combinatory dictionary

• unilateral — unilaterality, n. unilaterally, adv. /yooh neuh lat euhr euhl/, adj. 1. relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only: unilateral development; a unilateral approach. 2. undertaken or done by or on behalf of one side, party, or faction… …   Universalium

• disarmament — [[t]dɪ̱sɑ͟ː(r)məmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has. The goal would be to increase political stability in the region and accelerate the pace of nuclear… …   English dictionary

• unilateral — u|ni|lat|e|ral [ˌju:nıˈlætərəl] adj formal a unilateral action or decision is done by only one of the groups involved in a situation →↑bilateral, multilateral ↑multilateral ▪ a unilateral declaration of independence unilateral disarmament (=when… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• unilateral — adjective formal a unilateral action or decision is done by only one of the groups involved in a situation: a unilateral declaration of independence | unilateral disarmament (=the process of a country getting rid of its own nuclear weapons… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• unilateral — /juniˈlætərəl / (say yoohnee latuhruhl), / ˈlætrəl/ (say latruhl), /junə / (say yoohnuh ) adjective 1. relating to, occurring on, or affecting one side only. 2. leaning or tending to one side. 3. affecting one side, party, or person only. 4.… …  

• unilateral — adj. 1 performed by or affecting only one person or party (unilateral disarmament; unilateral declaration of independence). 2 one sided. 3 (of the parking of vehicles) restricted to one side of the street. 4 (of leaves) all on the same side of… …   Useful english dictionary

• unilateral — u•ni•lat•er•al [[t]ˌyu nəˈlæt ər əl[/t]] adj. 1) relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only 2) undertaken or done by or on behalf of one side, party, or faction only; not mutual: unilateral disarmament[/ex] 3) math. having only one… …   From formal English to slang