Definition of rapport

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rap·port    (r-pôr, -pr, r-) KEY  

NOUN:

Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, from raporter, to bring back : re-, re- + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportre : ad-, ad- + portre, to carry; see per- ² in Indo-European roots)

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