Meanings
plural conciliations
- countableuncountableThe process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife.
A policy of conciliation, compromise, and piecemeal agreements did not, as he saw it, signify opportunism or lack of principle but was an expression of faith in the power of the socialist idea.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119 - countableuncountablelawA form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchconciliation
- Englishconciliation
From Middle French conciliation.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συμβιβασμός
- συμβιβασμός (sumbibasmós)ending of strife
Bulgarian помирение
- помирение (pomirenie)alternative dispute resolution
Catalan conciliació
- conciliacióalternative dispute resolution
Dutch verzoening, verzoening
- verzoeningending of strife
- verzoeningalternative dispute resolution
German Einigung, Versöhnung
- Einigungending of strife
- Versöhnungending of strife
- Ausgleichending of strife
- Aussöhnungending of strife
- Konzertierungending of strife
- Vermittlungending of strife
- Schlichtungalternative dispute resolution
- Güteverfahrenalternative dispute resolution
- Sühneverfahrenalternative dispute resolution
Indonesian konsiliasi, konsiliasi
- konsiliasiending of strife
- konsiliasialternative dispute resolution
Māori whakaepaepanga
- whakaepaepangaalternative dispute resolution
Norwegian forsoning, forsoningspolitikk
- forsoningending of strife
- forsoningspolitikkalternative dispute resolution
Polish koncyliacja, koncyliacja
- koncyliacjaending of strife
- koncyliacjaalternative dispute resolution
Spanish conciliación
- conciliaciónalternative dispute resolution
Cite this entry
conciliation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conciliation
“conciliation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conciliation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conciliation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conciliation.
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