Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Aussöhnung, Schlichtung, Versöhnung

    примире́ниеprimirénije, сближе́ниеsbližénije

    прими́ренняprymýrennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.

    Abgleich, Abstimmung, Schlichtung

    согласова́ниеsoglasovánije, све́ркаsvérka

  3. Religious senses.

    (countable, uncountable)The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.

  6. (US, countable, uncountable)A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.

    Rekonziliation

  7. (Australia, Canada, countable, uncountable)The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.

    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.

More definitions
  • getting two things to correspond
  • the reestablishing of cordial relations

Examples

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  1. They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.

    deSie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung. — Jens_Odo

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  2. There is no chance for reconciliation.

  3. He was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.

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  4. She was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.

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  5. I was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement:
Русский
By meaning 2
re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement:
process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement:
process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records:
Roman Catholic sacrament:

Origin

From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [a

From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.

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