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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled;
- Example: "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed"
2. any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration;
3. the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity;
[syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conciliation \Con*cil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. [1913 Webster] The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
