reconciliation
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
Example
“He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.”
Other meanings
The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
Religious senses.
Related words
- nonreconciliation
- reconciliation loop
- truth and reconciliation
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle French "reconciliation".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reconciliation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.