conciliation

/ kənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of conciliating

2. a method of helping the parties in a dispute to reach agreement, esp divorcing or separating couples to part amicably

Example Sentences

In this volume, we find acrimony aplenty during the move from one marriage to the next, yet Updike’s tenderness, a natural instinct for conciliation, always re-emerges.

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That threat, along with U.S. conciliations that followed, coaxed Qatar to demand its Hamas client sign on the dotted line.

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Gupta makes the strongest conciliation between the then and the now in his brilliant “When the Violin.”

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The ballot was not a response to the latest offer made through the conciliation service Acas, they added.

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Unite has called for further negotiations with the city council after a "ball park" proposal discussed at talks with conciliation service Acas had been revised "by government commissioners and the council leader".

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Related Words

• appeasement 
• rapprochement