done by one member of a group or an organization without the agreement of the other members:
a unilateral decision * a unilateral declaration of independence * They were forced to take unilateral action. * They had campaigned vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament (= when one country gets rid of its nuclear weapons without waiting for other countries to do the same).
compareBILATERAL, MULTILATERAL
unilaterally adverb:
The rebels unilaterally declared a ceasefire.
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