Synonyms for reconciliation
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Reconcilement — the re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement
reconcilement, saught dated UK
2. Conciliation
conciliation, rapprochement, appeasement, pacification, propitiation
Definitions
- n. 1
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
- n. 2
The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
Related words
- Word family
- reconcilable reconcile reconcilement reconciler reconciliator
- Phrases
- sacrament of reconciliation
Forms
- Plural
- reconciliations → reconcilements, conciliations, rapprochements, appeasements…
Example sentences
- conciliation Conciliation is the matter of the law.
- rapprochement She was hostile to any attempts at rapprochement.
- agreement I'm in complete agreement with everything he said.
- settlement Layla reached an Aboriginal settlement in safety.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reconciliation | rising | |
| reconcilement | falling | |
| conciliation | falling | |
| rapprochement | steady | |
| agreement | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- saught
- 7 letters
- harmony3
- 9 letters
- agreement3, balancing3, congruity4
- 10 letters
- settlement3, adjustment3, conformity4
- 11 letters
- consistency4, appeasement3
- 12 letters
- conciliation5, pacification5, propitiation
- 13 letters
- accommodation5, rapprochement3, reconcilement
- 14 letters
- correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (harmony3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- réconciliation
- Italiano
- rappacificazione
- Deutsch
- Versöhnung