Reconciliation

Reconciliation
Reconciliation Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion (-s?l`?*?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]conciliation, L. reconciliatio.] 1. 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. --S. Miller. [1913 Webster]

2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. [1913 Webster]

A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. --D. Rogers. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation. [1913 Webster]


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  • reconciliation — Reconciliation. s. f. v. Accommodement de deux personnes qui estoient mal ensemble. Veritable, sincere reconciliation. reconciliation feinte ou plastrée. il a travaillé à leur reconciliation. il a moyenné cette reconciliation. On appelle aussi,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • reconciliation — I noun accord, adjustment, agreement, amnesty, appeasement, arbitration, conciliation, concord, concordance, forgiveness, harmony, improved relations, mediation, mollification, mutual forgiveness, pacification, peace, peacemaking, propitiation,… …   Law dictionary

  • reconciliation — UK US /ˌrekənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən/ noun [C or U] ► ACCOUNTING the process of comparing different financial accounts, amounts, etc. in order to check that they add up to the same total or to explain any differences between them: »We haven t done a… …   Financial and business terms

  • reconciliation — [rek΄ənsīl′məntrek΄ən sil΄ē ā′shən] n. [ME reconsiliacion < MFr reconciliation < L reconciliatio] a reconciling or being reconciled: also reconcilement [rek΄ənsīl′mənt] reconciliatory adj …   English World dictionary

  • Reconciliation — (v. lat.), Versöhnung, Aussöhnung, bes. dessen, der Buße gethan hatte, mit der Kirche …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • reconciliation — late 14c., from O.Fr. reconciliacion (14c.) and directly from L. reconciliationem (nom. reconciliatio), noun of action from reconciliare (see RECONCILE (Cf. reconcile)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Reconciliation —   Reconciliation is a calculation that shows how one balance or figure is derived systematically from another …   International financial encyclopaedia

  • reconciliation — Reconciliation, Reconciliatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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