reconciliation
The re-establishment of friendly relationsThe re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
» They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.
Sie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung.
Meaning
7 senses(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
(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
Religious senses.
(countable, uncountable)The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
(countable, uncountable)The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
(countable, uncountable)Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
(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
(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.
- getting two things to correspond
- the reestablishing of cordial relations
Examples
20 sentencesThey scorned our attempts at reconciliation.
deSie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung. — Jens_Odo
There is no chance for reconciliation.
He was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.
She was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.
I was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [aFrom 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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Forms
plural: reconciliations| Singular | reconciliation |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- getting two things to correspond:balancing
- the reestablishing of cordial relations:rapprochement
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable