Meaning

1 senses
  1. The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.

    It was the Nixon administration that saw the rapprochement between the United States and China.

    Annäherung, Wiederannäherung

    примире́ниеprimirénije, сближе́ниеsbližénije

    the reestablishing of cordial relations

Examples

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  1. He was hostile to any attempts at rapprochement.

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  2. She was hostile to any attempts at rapprochement.

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  3. They were hostile to any attempts at rapprochement.

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  4. We were hostile to any attempts at rapprochement.

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  5. This should push the two nations toward diplomatic rapprochement.

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Translations

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reestablishment of cordial relations:
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reestablishment of cordial relations:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French rapprochement (“act or process of getting closer together;

Unadapted borrowing from French rapprochement (“act or process of getting closer together; link (between two things)”).

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Forms

plural: rapprochements

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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