Meaning of RECONCILIATION
| Pronunciation: | | r`ekuns`ilee'eyshun
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- [n] getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement"
- [n] the reestablishing of cordial relations
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RECONCILIATION is a 14 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | balancing, rapprochement |
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| | See Also: | | cooperation, equalisation, equalization, leveling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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