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The act of placating
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conciliation
Word definitions for conciliation in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Conciliation is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process whereby the parties to a dispute use a conciliator, who meets with the parties both separately and together in an attempt to resolve their differences. They do this by lowering tensions, improving ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN service ▪ For more information, call the conciliation service on. ▪ Department of Health officials have agreed to meet the conciliation service , Acas. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ As a sign of conciliation , army troops ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed" any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration the act of placating ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from Middle French conciliation , from Latin conciliationem (nominative conciliatio ) "a connection, union, bond," figuratively "a making friendly, gaining over," noun of action from past participle stem of conciliare (see conciliate ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conciliation \Con*cil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. --Burke.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.
Usage examples of conciliation.
Young Irelanders, and the hypocritical reliance on moral persuasion of Conciliation Hall, the people of Great Britain only gave their ear from curiosity, perfectly regardless of any power which any faction or union of factions might put forth.
A number of Constitutionalists or neutrals have done the same thing, some through a horror of civil war and a spirit of conciliation, and others through fear of persecution and of being taxed with royalism.
My purser provides everything, and keeps a regular account, which I sign as correct, and send home to government, which defrays the whole expenses, under the head of conciliation money.
Instead of urging conciliation, he advocated that the Afro- Americans should be restless and dissatisfied.
Highlanders had a vested interest in conciliation, inpreserving the group marriages: that was why many houses contained Mediators,skilled negotiators.
I still plan to go on record as being opposed to conciliation, but it takes all kinds to make a world.
The practical reason is this: You simply cannot be effective in politics unless you join in the process of compromise and conciliation whereby free men merge little groups into big groups until they accomplish a government.