reconciliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: reconciliations
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
synonyms: word: reconcilement
word: reconciling
word: saught
antonyms: irreconciliation
unreconciliation
glosses: The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Religious senses.
The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Religious senses.
The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Religious senses.
Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Religious senses.
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”).
examples: text: 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.
text: The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
Derived terms: reconciliation loop
truth and reconciliation
Related terms: sense: Without prefix
word: conciliant
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliate
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliating
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliation
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliative
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliator
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliatorily
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliatoriness
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliatory
sense: Without prefix
word: conciliatrix
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconcilability
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconcilable
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconcilableness
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconcile
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciled
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconcilement
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciler
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciliate
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciliative
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciliator
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciliatory
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconciling
sense: With prefix re- only
word: reconcilist
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: irreconcilability
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: irreconcilable
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: irreconcilableness
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: irreconcilably
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: irreconciliation
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: nonreconcilable
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconcilable
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconcilableness
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconcilably
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconcile
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconciled
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconciliation
sense: With forms with a prefix before re-
word: unreconciling