See Also: rapport(medicine)
Rapport(money)
en rapport(dictionary)
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RAPPORT A SUCCESSION(law)

rapport (iou)



rapport noun. M16.
[French, from rapporter, formed as RE- + apporter APPORT.]
Report, talk. rare. Only in M16.
Relationship; connection; communication. Now usu., harmonious accord, understanding and empathy; a relationship characterized by these. M17.
EN RAPPORT.
C. Easton The extraordinary rapport between soloist, conductor and orchestra produced an inspired performance. Guardian His instinct for establishing an intimate rapport with those he photographed.
b. spec. A posited state of deep spiritual, emotional, or mental connection between people, esp. one in which one person may mesmerize another; a feeling of sympathy and cooperation between therapist and patient, or tester and subject. M19.
A. Storr That minimum degree of rapport and co-operation without which the psychotherapist is helpless.