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CONCILIATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does conciliation mean?

• CONCILIATION (noun)
The noun CONCILIATION has 3 senses:

1. the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
2. any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
3. the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Familiarity information: CONCILIATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• CONCILIATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed

Hypernyms ("conciliation" is a kind of...):

peace (the state prevailing during the absence of war)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("conciliation" is a kind of...):

mediation (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

placation; propitiation; conciliation

Hypernyms ("conciliation" is a kind of...):

appeasement; calming (the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of))

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