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concomitant (kuhn-KOM-i-tuhnt) adjective

Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant.

noun

One that occurs or exists concurrently with another.

[Late Latin concomitans, concomitant-, present participle of concomitari, to accompany : Latin com- + Latin comitari, to accompany (from comes, comit-, companion).]

"However, the chief executive reminded people that every right entails, as its natural concomitant, a corresponding duty." Human Rights Protected by Basic Law in HK: Tung, Xinhua News Agency, 9 Dec 1998.

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