conciliate

conciliate Definition

con·cili·ate (kən sil′ē āt′)

transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

Etymology: < L conciliatus, pp. of conciliare, to bring together, win over < concilium, council

conciliate Related Forms

con·cil′i·able adjective con·cil′i·a′tion noun con·cil′i·a′tor noun

conciliate Synonyms

placate, appease, pacify; see pacify 1, satisfy 1, 3. See syn. study at pacify.

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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