reconciliation
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən/
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reconciliación
- After years of conflict, their reconciliation allowed the community to thrive once more.
- achieve reconciliation
- reconciliation process
- peace and reconciliation
Here he talks about reconciliation of spirit.
- Here he talks about reconciliation of spirit.
- This work of slavery, memory and reconciliation is not over.
- There was still a lot of tension, no reconciliation between them and Kate and William.
- That sort of resolution or reconciliation is offered but not achieved.
- But what we find in the very end is a hint of reconciliation between them.
- And I my issue was that any movement that doesn't start with reconciliation, I don't want any part of.
- It's not easy, and not everyone is going to accept your attempt at reconciliation, and they don't have to.
- But when reconciliation doesn't meet your expectations, are you still willing to forgive?
- And it has nothing to do with what an apology should be about, which is reconciliation and the rebuilding of trust.
- It goes through everything, rage, violence, shame, reconciliation.
- So I think that if we are honest about history, then we can begin to consider reconciliation.
- What was there any reconciliation for you in doing all that research and writing the book?
- And my question is how much of that are you willing to do to afford your son a chance at reconciliation and peace in his marriage?
- And one of them was reckoning and reconciliation, realizing that our criminal legal system has done great harm.
Examples
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Protestant churches are in different places on the difficult journey toward reconciliation and visible unity.
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And that atmosphere of reconciliation was amazing.
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The purpose is to achieve a reconciliation of feelings, whatever it takes.
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We must therefore act together as a united people for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world.
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I know this reconciliation must have been difficult.
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As the war ended, a number of peace and reconciliation initiatives began in the country.
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And today, as well as all his many other achievements, we should remember the part the Duke played in reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
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Still deep divisions remain, and the struggle for reconciliation continues.
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Almost two decades after the war, religious leaders reiterate the need for reconciliation and peace.
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Truthfulness is the first requirement if reconciliation between the two nations is to be successful.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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9.9
Making friendly relations again between countries or groups
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6.7
An act that brings people or groups back to peace with help from a neutral person
The act of making people or groups friendly again after a disagreement
Improving a damaged relationship between people or groups
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.8
The possibility that two people will be friendly again after a disagreement
How Reconciled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reconciliation comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and conciliare 'bring together', the same root as council. So a reconciliation is when people are brought 'together again' and become friendly.