Understanding

noun

1. a mental grasp : comprehension
2. the power of comprehending
3. the capacity to apprehend general relations of particularsespecially
4. the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and categories
5. a mutual agreement not formally entered into but in some degree binding on each side
6. friendly or harmonious relationship
7. an agreement of opinion or feeling : adjustment of differences
8. explanation, interpretation
9. sympathy sense 2a