Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries.
- noun The state of reconciliation or of cordial relations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coming or bringing together or into accord; establishment of harmonious relations; reconciliation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
reestablishment ofcordial relations , particularly between two countries; areconciliation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the reestablishing of cordial relations
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A goal of European rapprochement is to drive Damascus away from its regional ally Iran.
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A goal of European rapprochement is to drive Damascus away from its regional ally Iran.
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A goal of European rapprochement is to drive Damascus away from its regional ally Iran.
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A great many well-meaning scholars believe that such rapprochement is both possible and desirable.
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Nevertheless, there are three strong reasons for doubting that real transatlantic rapprochement is possible.
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Here we come to the third reason why transatlantic rapprochement is so unlikely: the precipitous decline of European Christianity over the past three decades.
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Nevertheless, there are three strong reasons for doubting that real transatlantic rapprochement is possible.
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Here we come to the third reason why transatlantic rapprochement is so unlikely: the precipitous decline of European Christianity over the past three decades.
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The passing of time also has brought a certain rapprochement between the
Hodges, David L. 1990
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Moscow Times, this episode won't damage long-term rapprochement between the US and Russia.
seanahan commented on the word rapprochement
Luckily I heard this, before seeing it, because otherwise I would have pronounced it wrong.
December 12, 2006
Telofy commented on the word rapprochement
/ˌræproʊʃˈmɑ̃; Fr. raprɔʃˈmɑ̃/
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September 27, 2008