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reconciling

reconciling

5.1
Causes people or ideas to agree and feel calm
  • adjective
  • /ˌrɛkənˈsaɪlɪŋ/
translation icon : reconciliador
  • Her reconciling attitude helped resolve the years-long dispute between the two departments.

Examples

  • The leader's reconciling words brought calm to the divided community.

  • Her reconciling nature made her a great mediator.

  • A reconciling gesture can heal even the deepest wounds in a relationship.

  • The reconciling efforts between the two countries were successful.

  • Her reconciling attitude helped resolve the years-long dispute between the two departments.

  • A reconciling gesture can heal even the deepest wounds in a relationship.

  • The leader's reconciling words brought calm to the divided community.

Synonyms

conciliatory
vsreconciling
20 7.7

Showing a wish to calm people and reduce tension

focuses on forming agreement or harmony rather than only easing tension
accommodative
vsreconciling
2 6.8

Ready to change or compromise to help others and keep peace

aims to bring parties into agreement, not only to adapt for others
conciliative
vsreconciling
7.9

Trying to calm people and help them agree

tends to create agreement or harmony between people or ideas
peacemaking
vsreconciling
3.8

Helping to end a fight or keep groups calm

focuses on making elements agree or harmonize rather than general peacekeeping

Antonyms

divisive
92 6.8

Making people disagree and split into groups

conflicting
7 4.2

Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other

How Reconciliatory

reconciling
5.1
conciliatory
20 7.7

Surface Forms

reconciling positive

Morphology

reconciling = reconcile (transparent) = reconcile + ing

Clearly formed by the verb 'reconcile' plus the agentive/continuous suffix '-ing'; the adjectival sense 'tending to bring into agreement' is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Reconciling comes from the parts re- 'again' and concile 'bring together', like in council where people come together. So, to be reconciling is to help bring people or ideas into agreement again.