reconciliation (noun)
1reconciliation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ genuine, true ▪ full ▪ national ▪ political, racial (AmE) VERB + RECONCILIATION …
2reconciliation — reconcile ► VERB 1) restore friendly relations between. 2) make or show to be compatible. 3) (reconcile to) make (someone) accept (a disagreeable thing). DERIVATIVES reconcilable adjective reconciliation noun. ORIGIN …
3reconciliation statement — ➔ statement * * * reconciliation statement UK US noun [C] (also reconciliation) ► ACCOUNTING a document that compares different financial accounts, amounts, etc. in order to check that they add up to the same total or to explain any differences… …
4reconciliation — I noun accord, adjustment, agreement, amnesty, appeasement, arbitration, conciliation, concord, concordance, forgiveness, harmony, improved relations, mediation, mollification, mutual forgiveness, pacification, peace, peacemaking, propitiation,… …
5reconciliation — UK US /ˌrekənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən/ noun [C or U] ► ACCOUNTING the process of comparing different financial accounts, amounts, etc. in order to check that they add up to the same total or to explain any differences between them: »We haven t done a… …
6reconciliation — noun (singular, uncountable) a situation in which two people, countries etc become friendly with each other again after quarrelling: All our attempts at reconciliation have failed. (+ between): There seemed little hope of reconciliation between… …
7reconciliation — noun 1) the reconciliation of the disputants Syn: reuniting, reunion, bringing together (again), conciliation, reconcilement, rapprochement, fence mending; pacification, appeasement, placating, mollification 2) a reconciliation of their… …
8reconciliation — noun Etymology: Middle English reconsiliacioun, from Anglo French, from Latin reconciliation , reconciliatio, from reconciliare Date: 14th century 1. the action of reconciling ; the state of being reconciled 2. the Roman Catholic sacrament of… …
9reconciliation — noun a) The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement. He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again. b) A Roman Catholic sacrament involving …
10reconciliation — late 14c., from O.Fr. reconciliacion (14c.) and directly from L. reconciliationem (nom. reconciliatio), noun of action from reconciliare (see RECONCILE (Cf. reconcile)) …
