reconciliation
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reconciliation
- /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ UK
- /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.
noun reconciliations
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The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
Similar: reconcilement, reconciling, saught · Opposite: irreconciliation, unreconciliation
- The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
- The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
- The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
- Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
- Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
- A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
- The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people. In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rapprochement, balancing, conciliation, détente, detente, compromise, conciliator, reconcile, conciliatory, settlement, mediation, agreement, accord, magistrate, adjustment, entente
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noun Roman Catholic sacrament
| Português | reconciliação |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Rekonziliation |
noun re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
| Español | reconciliación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 화해 hwahae |
| 日本語 | 和解 wakai |
| 中文 | 和解 héjiě |
| हिन्दी | सुलह sulah, संधि sandhi, पुनर्मिलन punarmilan |
| Kiswahili | suluhu |
| Português | reconciliação, conciliação |
| Français | réconciliation, raccommodement |
| Deutsch | Aussöhnung, Schlichtung, Versöhnung, Wiederaussöhnung, Wiederversöhnung |
| Italiano | ravvicinamento, riconciliazione |
| Ελληνικά | καταλλαγή katallagí, συμφιλίωση symfilíosi |
| Română | reconciliere, împăcare |
| Русский | примире́ние primirénije, сближе́ние sbližénije |
| Tiếng Việt | hoà giải |
| العربية | صُلْح ṣulḥ, مُصَالَحَة muṣālaḥa, إِصْلَاح ʔiṣlāḥ |
noun process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between accounting records
| Português | conciliação |
|---|---|
| Français | réconciliation, rapprochement |
| Deutsch | Abgleich, Abstimmung, Schlichtung, Übereinstimmung, Überleitung |
| Italiano | riconciliazione |
| Ελληνικά | συμφιλίωση symfilíosi |
| Русский | согласова́ние soglasovánije, све́рка svérka |
Talk about this word "reconciliation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reconciliation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. reconciliation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reconciliation "reconciliation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reconciliation.Cite this
@misc{reconciliation_2026,
title = {reconciliation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reconciliation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
