reconciliation

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UK /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ US /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) ending a disagreement/conflict

ADJ

full | lasting | national, personal, political

VERB + RECONCILIATION

seek

After years of conflict, the two friends finally decided to seek reconciliation.

attempt | achieve, bring about, effect, make, secure | promote, work for

call for

After the argument, both friends finally called for reconciliation and decided to talk things through.

RECONCILIATION + NOUN

agreement | talks

PREP

~ between

After years of conflict, the family finally achieved reconciliation between the estranged brothers.

~ with

After years of silence, he finally sought reconciliation with his father.

PHRASES

an attempt at reconciliation, efforts at/towards reconciliation, a gesture of reconciliation

After years of conflict, the two families made their first real efforts towards reconciliation.

a mood/spirit of reconciliation, a policy of reconciliation

Definitions

noun

The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.

He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.

The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.

Religious senses.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — getting two things to correspond

balancing

noun — the reestablishing of cordial relations

rapprochement

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.

Wiktionary

In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.

Wiktionary

The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.

Wiktionary

He says racial reconciliation and nation building will be the aims of his government.

Tatoeba · #270376

They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.

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The reconciliation report was issued in violation of the legislative requirements.

Tatoeba · #1589234

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