Meanings
nounreconciliation (countable and uncountable, plural reconciliations)
plural reconciliations
- countableuncountableThe re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
Synonyms: reconcilement, reconciling, saught · Antonyms: irreconciliation, unreconciliation
- countableuncountableaccountingThe process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
- Religious senses.
- countableuncountableChristianityThe reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
- countableuncountableCatholicismAdmission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
- abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableCatholicismEllipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
- UScountableuncountablegovernmentA special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
- AustraliaCanadacountableuncountableThe process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
1 more example
The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.
2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchreconciliation
- Anglo-Normanreconciliaciun
- Middle Englishreconciliacioun“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”
- Englishreconciliation
From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διαλλαγή, καταλλαγή
- διαλλαγή (diallagḗ)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- καταλλαγή (katallagḗ)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- συμβίβασις (sumbíbasis)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Arabic صُلْح, مُصَالَحَة
- صُلْح (ṣulḥ)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- مُصَالَحَة (muṣālaḥa)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- إِصْلَاح (ʔiṣlāḥ)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Bengali পুনর্মিলন
- পুনর্মিলন (punrmilon)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Bulgarian помире́ние, помиря́ване
- помире́ние (pomirénie)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- помиря́ване (pomirjávane)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Catalan reconciliació, reconciliació
- reconciliacióre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- reconciliacióRoman Catholic sacrament
Chinese Cantonese 和解
- 和解 (wo⁴ gaai²)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Chinese Mandarin 和解
- 和解 (héjiě)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Czech usmíření, svátost smíření
- usmířeníre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- svátost smířeníRoman Catholic sacrament
- zpověďRoman Catholic sacrament
Danish forsoning
- forsoningre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Dutch verzoening
- verzoeningre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Estonian lepitus
- lepitusre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Finnish sopiminen, sovinnonteko
- sopiminenre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- sovinnontekore-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- täsmäyttäminenprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- rippiRoman Catholic sacrament
French réconciliation, raccommodement
- réconciliationre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- raccommodementre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- réconciliationprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- rapprochementprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
German Aussöhnung, Schlichtung
- Aussöhnungre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- Schlichtungre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- Versöhnungre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- Wiederaussöhnungre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- Wiederversöhnungre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- Abgleichprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- Abstimmungprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- Schlichtungprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- Übereinstimmungprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- Überleitungprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- RekonziliationRoman Catholic sacrament
Greek καταλλαγή, συμφιλίωση
- καταλλαγή (katallagí)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- συμφιλίωση (symfilíosi)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- συμφιλίωση (symfilíosi)process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Hindi सुलह, संधि
- सुलह (sulah)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- संधि (sandhi)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- पुनर्मिलन (punarmilan)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Hungarian kibékülés, kiengesztelődés
- kibékülésre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- kiengesztelődésre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- egyeztetésprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- összeegyeztetésprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- összehangolásprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- elszámolásprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Icelandic sátt
- sáttre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Indonesian rekonsiliasi, rujuk
- rekonsiliasire-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- rujukre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- perdamaianre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- rekonsiliasiprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Italian ravvicinamento, riconciliazione
- ravvicinamentore-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- riconciliazionere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- riconciliazioneprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Japanese 和解
- 和解 (wakai)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Korean 화해
- 화해 (hwahae)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Latvian samierināšanās
- samierināšanāsre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Lithuanian sutaikymas
- sutaikymasre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Malay perdamaian, penyesuaian
- perdamaianre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- penyesuaianprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Norwegian Bokmål forsoning, avstemming
- forsoningre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- avstemmingprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Polish pogodzenie się, pojednanie
- pogodzenie sięre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- pojednaniere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- zgodare-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- ugodare-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- rekoncyliacjare-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- porozumieniere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- uzgodnienie sald na kontachprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- rekoncyliacjaend of estrangement between a human and God
- przymierzeend of estrangement between a human and God
- rekoncyliacjareconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site
- rekoncyliacjaadmission or readmission of a person to membership of the church
- rekoncyliacjaRoman Catholic sacrament
Portuguese reconciliação, conciliação
- reconciliaçãore-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- conciliaçãore-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- conciliaçãoprocess of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- reconciliaçãoRoman Catholic sacrament
Romanian reconciliere, împăcare
- reconcilierere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- împăcarere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Russian примире́ние, сближе́ние
- примире́ние (primirénije)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- сближе́ние (sbližénije)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- согласова́ние (soglasovánije)process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
- све́рка (svérka)process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
Slovak zmierenie, uzmierenie
- zmiereniere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- uzmiereniere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- pomereniere-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Spanish reconciliación
- reconciliaciónre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Swahili suluhu
- suluhure-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Swedish försoning
- försoningre-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Tagalog pagkakasundo
- pagkakasundore-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Turkish uzlaşma, anlaşma
- uzlaşmare-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- anlaşmare-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Ukrainian прими́рення
- прими́рення (prymýrennja)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Urdu مُفَاہَمَت, مُصالَحَہ
- مُفَاہَمَت (mufāhamat)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- مُصالَحَہ (musālaha)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- صُلْح (sulh)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
- آشْتی (āśtī)re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Vietnamese hoà giải
- hoà giảire-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reconciliation
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