Conciliation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conciliation
       n 1: the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after
            being reconciled; "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}, {propitiation}]