conciliatory
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7.7
- adjective
- /kənˈsɪliəˌtɔri/
- - I come bearing conciliatory gifts.
- conciliatory gesture
- conciliatory stance
- conciliatory policy
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Watch on YouTubeSo I, I think they are both not to try to be, you know, super conciliatory.
- So I, I think they are both not to try to be, you know, super conciliatory.
- They think it's kind of like limp and conciliatory and lacking of passion, but nothing could be farther from the truth.
- No, no, no, no, you don't get to be viewed as the nice, go with the flow conciliatory.
Examples
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Ryan had famously declined to endorse Trump, but after the meeting, he struck a more conciliatory tone.
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Yet the pattern has not weakened under the far more conciliatory Bush administration.
Academic text (1990) -
First and foremost, a new U.S. administration might play a more conciliatory role.
Academic text (2008) -
Better media coverage was given to the movement, and a conciliatory tone was adopted.
Academic text (1992) -
"Well now," said the man by the fireplace, Robert, with a conciliatory apology.
Fiction book (2000) -
You must also make conciliatory gestures towards the Spanish.
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There is a local woman, a half-Polish, half-Sinhalese journalist, known for her conciliatory attitude toward Tamils.
Fiction book (1999) -
After 1930, the new papal secretary of state, Cardinal Pacelli, assumed a more conciliatory stance.
Academic text (1998) -
Both administrations undertook actions against Assad only after despairing of any positive results from their conciliatory efforts.
Academic text (2013) -
The manager offered a conciliatory response to the employee's complaints to ease tensions in the office.
Synonyms
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4.6
Willing to accept less to reach an agreement
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6.8
Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want
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3.8
Helping to end a fight or keep groups calm
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5.1
Causes people or ideas to agree and feel calm
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8.0
Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want
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7.4
To help people in an argument talk and reach an agreement
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8.5
Meant to calm someone by saying or doing things to please them
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7.8
To help two sides in a conflict reach an agreement
Trying to calm people and help them agree
Made to calm someone and gain their favor
Willing to accept some changes to reach an agreement
Antonyms
How Conciliatory
Surface Forms
Morphology
conciliatory = conciliate (transparent) = conciliate + ory
The suffix '-ory' is used to form adjectives indicating a tendency or purpose, making the transformation clear.
Etymology
Conciliatory comes from the Latin word conciliare, from con- 'with' and a root meaning 'bring together', and is related to the word council. So, a conciliatory action tries to bring people together and calm a situation.