social contractnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈkɒn.trækt//ˌsoʊ.ʃəl ˈkɑːn.trækt/an agreement among the members of a society or between a society and its rulers about the rights and duties of each
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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