conciliatory gesture

  • 1gesture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement that expresses sth ADJECTIVE ▪ dramatic, expansive, expressive, extravagant, flamboyant, melodramatic, rhetorical, sweeping, theatrical …

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  • 2conciliatory — adjective doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with you: conciliatory gesture/message/tone etc: We d like to offer you free theater tickets as a conciliatory gesture …

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  • 3conciliatory — [[t]kənsɪ̱liətri, AM tɔːri[/t]] ADJ GRADED When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone. The next time he spoke he used a more conciliatory tone... The President s speech …

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  • 4conciliatory — adjective a conciliatory gesture Syn: propitiatory, placatory, appeasing, pacifying, mollifying, peacemaking …

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  • 5gesture — n. 1) to make a gesture 2) a bold; conciliatory; frantic; friendly; glorious, grand, grandiose, magnificent; habitual; humane, kind; imperious gesture * * * [ dʒestʃə] conciliatory frantic friendly glorious grand grandiose habitual …

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  • 6conciliatory — con|cil|i|a|tory [kənˈsıliətəri US to:ri] adj doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with you conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc ▪ Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. ▪ Brooks felt in no mood to be… …

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  • 7conciliatory — adj. Conciliatory is used with these nouns: ↑attitude, ↑gesture, ↑move, ↑tone …

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  • 8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 9beau geste — noun (plural beaux gestes or beau gestes) Etymology: French, literally, beautiful gesture Date: 1900 1. a graceful or magnanimous gesture 2. an ingratiating conciliatory gesture …

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  • 10Zhao Ziyang — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao (趙/赵). Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 Zhao Ziyang at Pearl Harbor during his visit to the United States in 1984 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China …

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