Reconciliation
[,rek(ə)nsɪlɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛkənsɪlɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) getting two things to correspond; 'the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement'.
(noun.) the reestablishing of cordial relations.
Edited by Joanne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.
(n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.
Typist: Tabitha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pacification, accommodation, reconcilement, adjustment, atonement, restoration of harmony.[2]. Agreement, congruity, consonance, concordance, consistency, congruency, correspondence.
Typed by Julie
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- Any open reference to the question, on my part, would have been premature at this early stage of our reconciliation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Such being the bent of Celia's heart, it was inevitable that Sir James should consent to a reconciliation with Dorothea and her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The subsequent encounter of the two lovers and their reconciliation is a matter for ironical speculation on the part of Plutarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And after this preface, he tried with all his eloquence to effect a reconciliation between Rawdon and his wife. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To this day their reconciliation is incomplete. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus an almost reconciliation was brought about between the brothers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was a chance before of reconciliation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He gathered diets and councils in futile attempts at reconciliation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A secret feud of some years' standing was thus healed, and with a tacit reconciliation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The work of reconciliation, begun by Gladstone in 1886, and brought so near to completion in 1914, was completely and finally wrecked. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And he worked out a great reconciliation, a Concordat, with Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When I succeeded with any of them, they were sure to come after an hour or two, and begin a reconciliation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Then let us suppose that the reconciliation has been effected. Plato. The Republic.
- The shaking figure, unnerved and disjointed from head to foot, put out its two hands a little way, as making overtures of peace and reconciliation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The reconciliation took the form of the conception of the organic character of the state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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