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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conciliatory \Con*cil"i*a*to*ry\ (?; 106), a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. --Prescott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conciliatory adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: {compromising}, {flexible}] [ant: {uncompromising}] 2: overcoming animosity or hostility; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" [syn: {conciliating}, {conciliative}] [ant: {antagonizing}]
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