The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
conciliation — [ kɔ̃siljasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; lat. conciliatio 1 ♦ Action de concilier (des personnes, des opinions, des intérêts); son résultat. ⇒ accommodement, accord, arbitrage, arrangement, concorde, entente, médiation, rapprochement, réconciliation,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
conciliation — con·cil·i·a·tion /kən ˌsi lē ā shən/ n: the settlement of a dispute by mutual and friendly agreement with a view to avoiding litigation con·cil·i·a·tor /kən si lē ˌā tər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
conciliation — con‧cil‧i‧a‧tion [kənˌsɪliˈeɪʆn] noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the process of getting an employer and employees who are involved in an argument to meet and discuss their differences, in the hope of ending the argument: • Procedures for… … Financial and business terms
conciliation — CONCILIATION. s. f. Action de concilier, réunion de personnes qui étoient divisées. Travailler à la conciliation des esprits. Il a un esprit deconciliation. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De la concordance des passages et des Lois qui paroissent… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
conciliation — Conciliation. s. f. v. Accord. Conciliation des esprits. conciliation des passages, des loix &c … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
conciliation — 1540s, from M.Fr. conciliation, from L. conciliationem (nom. conciliatio) a connection, union, bond, figuratively a making friendly, gaining over, noun of action from conciliare (see CONCILIATE (Cf. conciliate)) … Etymology dictionary
Conciliation — (v. lat.), Versöhnung; davon Conciliatorisch, aussöhnend, einigend, u. Conciliiren, vereinen, aussöhnen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Conciliation — Conciliation, lat., Versöhnung; conciliatorisch, versöhnend; conciliiren, versöhnen, vereinigen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
conciliation — CONCILIATION: Les prêcher toujours, même quand les contraires sont absolus … Dictionnaire des idées reçues
conciliation — et union, Conciliatio, Conciliatura … Thresor de la langue françoyse
