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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