Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of converting from a state of jealousy, suspicion, or hostility; the act of gaining favor or good will.
  • noun Reconciliation; harmonizing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

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  • noun The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
  • noun the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
  • noun any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

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Examples

  • In the early Middle Ages, the great Burgundian monastery of Cluny sponsored and encouraged an experiment in conciliation among its feudal neighbors.

    The Velvet Reformation 2009

  • The temptation to grow angry and competitive, to choose conflict over conciliation, is growing with each episode the longer the survivors feel cast adrift.

    Matthew Yglesias » Farley: Human-Cylon Alliance is Impractical and Irresponsible 2009

  • In the early Middle Ages, the great Burgundian monastery of Cluny sponsored and encouraged an experiment in conciliation among its feudal neighbors.

    The Velvet Reformation 2009

  • The pro-American stance taken by the likes of Burke (who later redeemed himself with the Reflections, but was always a Whig) was in fact the most effective way for a British politician to support the rebels: not on the grounds that they deserve independence, but on the grounds that conciliation is the most effective way to prevent it, as military coercion cannot possibly work.

    True History of the American Revolution « Isegoria 2008

  • We have a lot of talking together, and I said a while ago -- I use the word conciliation, I think -- also, we want to be conciliatory and we want to understand the issues and then see if we can't mediate a settlement out of that.

    Briefing On Baseball Negotiations ITY National Archives 1994

  • (The process of conciliation is not greatly helped by conversation through a megaphone.)

    The Manchurian Crisis 1932

  • Commission as "the settlement by the parties directly, of minor disputes, as to the interpretation of the terms of the labour contract, whether that contract be an express one or only a general understanding", while it is further stated that in England quite commonly the term conciliation is applied to "the discussion and settlement of questions between the parties themselves, or between their representatives who are themselves actually interested".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Among these resolutions are those on treaties of arbitration; on procedures in conciliation; on the establishment, composition, and procedure of an International

    Institute of International Law - History of Organization 1904

  • Disciplinary action taken against dozens of Unite members will be referred to the conciliation service Acas, ending another sticking point to a peace deal.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Disciplinary action taken against dozens of Unite members will be referred to the conciliation service Acas, ending another sticking point to a peace deal.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

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