WordNet
n. sympathy of each person for the other [syn: mutual affection]
Usage examples of "mutual understanding".
This hearing is really intended, not as a trial, but as a friendly discussion aimed at mutual understanding and co-operation.
It had happened gradually, as mutual understanding grew, and the control was exerted by tension of her begs and subtle shifts of her body.
We have a mutual understanding and I expect to hear from you the minute you have any information, yes?
We anticipate that the Mind and Life dialogues will improve and increase communications and strengthen ties in terms of mutual understanding of neurosciences, consciousness, brain, mind, and the like, and also add new insights into human nature which we believe can contribute to world peace.
The young woman and the scientist were talking with mutual understanding of things that seemed to have no connection with anything that had gone before.
Not exactly a firm foundation for mutual understanding, but it's a beginning.