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unilateral

u·ni·lat·er·al [ ynə láttərəl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. decided by one party: decided or acted on by only one involved party or nation irrespective of what the others do

2. accounting for one side only: taking into account only one side of a subject

3. binding only one party: binding or at the insistence of only one party to a contract, obligation, or agreement

4. medicine affecting only one side: affecting or involving only one side of the body, only one of a pair of organs, or only one side of an organ

5. botany having parts on only one side: having parts that are arranged on only one side of a stem or other axis

6. with one side: having only one side

7. sociology through one parent only: tracing lineage through one parent only



noun  (plural u·ni·lat·er·als)
Definition:
 
war correspondent working alone: a war correspondent who chooses to work independently rather than being attached officially to a military unit


u·ni·lat·er·al·ly adverb
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