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reconciliation

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Reconciliation  and  friendship  with  God  really  form 
  the  basis  of  all  rational  and  true  enjoyment.  --S. 
  Miller. 
 
  2.  Reduction  to  congruence  or  consistency;  removal  of 
  inconsistency;  harmony. 
 
  A  clear  and  easy  reconciliation  of  those  seeming 
  inconsistencies  of  Scripture.  --D.  Rogers. 
 
  Syn:  Reconcilement;  reunion;  pacification;  appeasement; 
  propitiation;  atonement;  expiation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reconciliation 
  n  1:  the  reestablishing  of  cordial  relations  [syn:  {rapprochement}] 
  2:  getting  two  things  to  correspond;  "the  reconciliation  of  his 
  checkbook  and  the  bank  statement"  [syn:  {balancing}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RECONCILIATION,  n.  A  suspension  of  hostilities.  An  armed  truce  for 
  the  purpose  of  digging  up  the  dead.




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