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Definitions for: Reconciliation [n] getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement"
[n] the reestablishing of cordial relations
Webster (1913) Definition: Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion (-s?l`?*?"sh?n), n. [F.
r['e]conciliation, L. reconciliatio.]
1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled;
reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of
friendship.
Reconciliation and friendship with God really form
the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. --S.
Miller.
2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of
inconsistency; harmony.
A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming
inconsistencies of Scripture. --D. Rogers.
Syn: Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement;
propitiation; atonement; expiation.
Synonyms: balancing, rapprochement
See Also: cooperation, equalisation, equalization, leveling
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