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con·cil·i·ate

(kən-sĭl′ē-āt′)

v. con·cil·i·at·ed, con·cil·i·at·ing, con·cil·i·ates

v.tr.

1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.

2. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.

3. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile: tried to conciliate the conflicting theories.

v.intr.

To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill.

[Latin conciliāre, conciliāt-, from concilium, meeting; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]

con·cil′i·a·ble (-ə-bəl) adj.

con·cil′i·a′tion n.

con·cil′i·a′tor n.

con·cil′i·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.

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conciliatory

(kənˈsɪljətərɪ; -trɪ) or

conciliative

adj

intended to placate or reconcile

conˈciliatorily adv

conˈciliatoriness n

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con•cil•i•a•to•ry

(kənˈsɪl i əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

also con•cil•i•a•tive

(-iˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv, -ˈsɪl yə-)

adj.

tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner.

[1570–80]

con•cil′i•a•to`ri•ly, adv.

con•cil′i•a•to`ri•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	conciliatory - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" compromising, flexible
	2.	conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" conciliative antagonistic - arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States"

conciliatory

adjective pacifying, pacific, disarming, appeasing, mollifying, peaceable, placatory, propitiatory, soothing The next time he spoke he used a more conciliatory tone.

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Translations

مُسالِم، مَيّال إلى المُصالَحَه

smířlivý

formildendeforsonende

konziliant versöhnlich

διαλλακτικός

accommodant conciliant

friîandi, sættandi

conciliatorio

forsonende meklende

zmierlivý

gönül alıcıuzlaştırıcı

抚慰的调解的

conciliatory

[kənˈsɪlɪətərɪ] ADJ → conciliador

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conciliatory

[kənˈsɪliətəri] adj [gesture, approach, statement, policy] → de conciliation; [tone, attitude] → conciliant(e)

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conciliatory

adj (= intended to reconcile) → versöhnlich; (= placatory) → beschwichtigend, besänftigend

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conciliatory

[kənˈsɪlɪət/ərɪ] adj → conciliante, conciliatorio/a, conciliativo/a

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conciliate

(kənˈsilieit) verb

to win over or regain the support, friendship etc of.

conˌciliˈation noun

conˈciliatory adjective

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