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US
/kənˌsɪɫiˈeɪʃən/
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[ UK /kənsˌɪlɪˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kənsˌɪlɪˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
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the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed - the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
How To Use conciliation In A Sentence
- The embassy had been shut down due to Mongolia's support for South Korea's "sunshine policy" of conciliation toward the North.
- Benedict, put simply, is living out what he spoke of in Deus Caritas Est, which is true charity: Can we simply exclude them, as representatives of a radical fringe, from our pursuit of reconciliation and unity? Ecumenism
- In a bold gesture of reconciliation, the government released the rebel leader.
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) arbitrators get to write first contracts (for a two-year period) covering wages, benefits, and work rules. Obama's War on Labor
- I don't think it actually bwcomes a "litigable" issue until the house and senatge conference report is being debated in the senate, and someone moves for cloture with a claim that a 51 vote "yea" will do the job because the issue under debate is subject to the "reconciliation of house and senate differences over an item of budgetary impact". Wheeling In The Cots: A Winter Snow Emergency--And An Absentee Lieberman--Is Complicating Democrats' Health Care Push
- She liked the way she had not openly offered reconciliation yet had managed to imply that forgiveness would not be unreasonably withheld.
- The rebel leader called for reconciliation with the armed forces.
- I offered to act as mediator and tried to bring about a reconciliation between the two parties.
- In recent years, the 64 year-old mother of six took a pivotal community leadership role, promoting reconciliation.
- The paymaster-general's account reflected an unexplained difference of R117 million between the cashbook balance and the bank reconciliation balance of March 31, 1996. ANC Daily News Briefing