good-neighborliness
nounUK /ˌɡʊd ˈneɪbəlinəs/
US /ˌɡʊd ˈneɪbərlinəs/
Being kind and friendly to the people who live near you.
The street party showed the good-neighborliness of everyone on the block.
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2. The habit of helping people who live close to you.
Her good-neighborliness meant she always checked on the elderly couple next door.
3. Friendly and peaceful relations between countries that share a border.
The two nations signed a treaty of good-neighborliness.
4. Treating the people around you with care and respect.
Good-neighborliness makes any neighborhood a happier place to live.