Conciliatory
11conciliatory — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. agreeable, propitiatory, mollifying, placatory; see friendly 1 , pacific . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [kun SIL ee uh tor ee] willing to make peace, placatory. The warring gangs were largely… …
12conciliatory — adjective a conciliatory gesture Syn: propitiatory, placatory, appeasing, pacifying, mollifying, peacemaking …
13conciliatory — con•cil•i•a•to•ry [[t]kənˈsɪl i əˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] also con•cil•i•a•tive [[t] iˌeɪ tɪv, ə tɪv, ˈsɪl yə [/t]] adj. tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner[/ex] • Etymology: 1570–80 con•cil′i•a•to ri•ly, adv. con•cil′i•a•to ri•ness, n …
14conciliatory — /kənˈsɪljətri/ (say kuhn silyuhtree) adjective tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner. Also, conciliative. –conciliatorily, adverb –conciliatoriness, noun …
15conciliatory — conciliate ► VERB 1) make calm and content; placate. 2) mediate in a dispute. DERIVATIVES conciliation noun conciliator noun conciliatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin conciliare combine, gain , from concilium assembly …
16conciliatory — adjective 1. making or willing to make concessions (Freq. 1) loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet • Syn: ↑compromising, ↑flexible • Ant: ↑uncompromising (for: ↑ …
17Conciliatory Resolution — The Conciliatory Resolution was a resolution passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to reach a peaceful settlement with the Thirteen Colonies immediately prior to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. In January 1775, Parliament …
18conciliatory — adjective see conciliate …
19conciliatory — adjective willing to conciliate, or to make concessions Ant: unconciliatory …
20conciliatory — Synonyms and related words: appeasing, benevolent, civilian, dovish, forbearing, forgiving, generous, irenic, kind, long suffering, longanimous, magnanimous, mollifying, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, pacific, pacificatory …
