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Reconciliation is the act of bringing people together to be friendly again or coming to an agreement.

(noun)

An example of reconciliation is two siblings who mend their relationship after a period of fighting.

See reconciliation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a reconciling or being reconciled

also reconcilement

Origin: ME reconsiliacion < MFr reconciliation < L reconciliatio

Related Forms:

reconciliatory adjective

See reconciliation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of reconciling.
The condition of being reconciled.
See penance.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English reconsiliacion

Origin: , from Old French reconciliation

Origin: , from Latin reconciliātiō, reconciliātiōn-

Origin: , from reconciliātus

Origin: , past participle of reconciliāre, to reconcile; see reconcile

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