Reconciliation

CIDE DICTIONARY

Reconciliation, n. [F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio.].

•  The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.  [1913 Webster]

  "Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment."  [1913 Webster]
•  Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.  [1913 Webster]

  "A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Reconciliation

n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

THESAURUS

Reconciliation

acceptance, accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, agreement, amity, appeasement, arbitration, assimilation, attunement, coaptation, comfort, compatibility, compliance, composure, compromise, conciliation, concord, conformance, conformation other-direction, conformity, congruity, consistency, content, contentedness, contentment, conventionality, coordination, correspondence, detente, ease, entire satisfaction, euphoria, flexibility, fulfillment, happiness, harmonization, harmonizing, harmony, integration, keeping, line, making up, malleability, mollification, obedience, observance, orthodoxy, pacification, peace of mind, placation, pliancy, propitiation, rapport, rapprochement, reconcilement, regulation, resignation, reunion, satisfaction, satisfying, settlement, squaring, strictness, synchronization, timing, traditionalism, understanding, uniformity, well-being

ROGET THESAURUS

Reconciliation

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

Pacification

N pacification, conciliation, reconciliation, reconcilement, shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment, terms, compromise, amnesty, deed of release, peace offering, olive branch, calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace, truce, armistice, suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down, breathing time, convention, modus vivendi, flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire, cartel, hollow truce, pax in bello, drawn battle, conciliatory, composing, pacified, requiescat in pace.

Forgiveness

N forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion, indulgence, reprieve, conciliation, reconcilement, reconciliation, propitiation, excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity, bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity, exculpation, longanimity, placability, amantium irae, locus paenitentiae, forbearance, forgiving, placable, conciliatory, forgiven, unresented, unavenged, unrevenged, cry you mercy, veniam petimusque damusque vicissim, more in sorrow than in anger, comprendre tout c'est tout pardonner, the offender never pardons.