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reconciliation

Syllables: re·con·ci·li·at·ion/ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n//ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

reconciliation noun: the re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement. Also the ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation.

Noun

reconciliation (countable and uncountable, plural reconciliations)

  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.
  2. The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
  3. The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
  4. The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
  5. Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
  6. (US) A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
  7. (Australia, Canada) The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
    • In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
    • The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News

Also used as

reconciliation is also the ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation.

reconciliation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

reconciliation in Hindi

re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
सुलह sulah, संधि sandhi, पुनर्मिलन punarmilan

reconciliation in Tamil

நல்லிணக்கம், நல்லிணக்கம் ஏற்படுத்துதல்

reconciliation in Marathi

सलोखा

reconciliation in Urdu

re-establishment of friendly relations — see also conciliation, rapprochement
مُفَاہَمَت mufāhamat, مُصالَحَہ musālaha, صُلْح sulh, آشْتی āśtī
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reconciliation in Bengali
পুনর্মিলন punrmilon
reconciliation in Telugu
సయోధ్య
reconciliation in Malayalam
അനുരഞ്ജനം
reconciliation in Punjabi
ਸੁਲ੍ਹਾ-ਮਿਲਾਪ
reconciliation in Sanskrit
संधि saṃdhi
reconciliation in Nepali
मेलमिलाप
reconciliation in Tagalog
pagkakasundo
reconciliation in Arabic
صُلْح ṣulḥ, مُصَالَحَة muṣālaḥa, إِصْلَاح ʔiṣlāḥ
reconciliation in Malay
perdamaian, penyesuaian
reconciliation in Indonesian
rekonsiliasi, rujuk, perdamaian
reconciliation in Vietnamese
hoà giải

Examples of reconciliation in a sentence

  • The esteemed reverend will enlighten us with a sermon on reconciliation.
  • Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.
  • This process has been referred to symphiliosis, the process of intracellular reconciliation.

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Forms of reconciliation

pluralreconciliations

Plural of reconciliation: reconciliations

Origin of reconciliation

From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.

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Questions about reconciliation

What does reconciliation mean?
Reconciliation means the re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
What is reconciliation in Hindi?
Reconciliation in Hindi is सुलह (sulah), संधि (sandhi), पुनर्मिलन (punarmilan). See Reconciliation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is reconciliation?
Reconciliation is a noun.
How do you pronounce reconciliation?
Reconciliation is pronounced /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of reconciliation?
The plural of reconciliation is reconciliations.

Words near reconciliation in the dictionary

  1. reconciliable
  2. reconciliate
  3. reconciliated
  4. reconciliates
  5. reconciliating
  6. reconciliation
  7. reconciliations
  8. reconciliative
  9. reconciliator
  10. reconciliatorily
  11. reconciliators

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reconciliation (page history and authors); reconciliation (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconciliation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconciliation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconciliation (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconciliation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconciliation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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