reconciliation

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.

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See reconciliation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a reconciling or being reconciled

Origin: ME reconsiliacion < MFr reconciliation < L reconciliatio

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See reconciliation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of reconciling.
  2. The condition of being reconciled.
  3. 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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