conciliate
conciliate
Definition
con·cili·ate (kən sil′ē āt′)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to win over; soothe the anger of; make friendly; placate
- to gain (regard, good will, etc.) by friendly acts
- Archaic to reconcile; make consistent
Etymology: < L conciliatus, pp. of conciliare, to bring together, win over < concilium, council
con·cil′i·able adjective
con·cil′i·a′tion noun
con·cil′i·a′tor noun
conciliate
Synonyms
conciliate
Usage Examples
Object
- settlement: The purpose of the time limited conciliation period is to give the parties a limited opportunity to reach an ACAS conciliated settlement.
- agreement: In employment disputes, however, a signed conciliated agreement is binding.
- struggle: Of course, social democracy is still social democracy, a doctrine to conciliate the class struggle.
- affection: The hateful severity of the father thus not only yielded benefit, but conciliated affection, to the son.
- dispute: ACAS has responsibilities for conciliating disputes under the DDA.
- case: It does provide mediation in collective matters, and conciliates cases involving individual statutory rights.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: The mediation process aims to conciliate rather than to investigate complaints.
Preposition: in
- case: Equity is particularly concerned at the recommendation to remove the ability of ACAS to conciliate in cases.
- dispute: To qualify for this you must ask the SMMT to conciliate in the dispute.
- complaint: Acas conciliation Acas has a duty to conciliate in most complaints which are made, or could be made, to an employment tribunal.
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