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CONCILIATORY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does conciliatory mean?

• CONCILIATORY (adjective)
The adjective CONCILIATORY has 2 senses:

1. making or willing to make concessions
2. intended or likely to overcome animosity or hostility

Familiarity information: CONCILIATORY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONCILIATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Making or willing to make concessions

Synonyms:

compromising; conciliatory; flexible

Context example:

loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet

Similar:

yielding (tending to give in or surrender or agree)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Intended or likely to overcome animosity or hostility

Synonyms:

conciliative; conciliatory

Context examples:

spoke in a conciliating tone / a conciliatory visit

Similar:

appeasing; placating; placative; placatory (tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions)

propitiative; propitiatory (intended to reconcile or appease)

soft (willing to negotiate and compromise)

Antonym:

antagonistic (arousing animosity or hostility)

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