conciliation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: conciliation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for conciliation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conciliation n the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed" any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity Synonym(s): placation, conciliation, propitiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conciliation \Concil`ia"tion\, n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. --Burke.