as in acceptance
the act of becoming friendly after a disagreement
The couple worked toward reconciliation in therapy. The treaty was the first step in the eventual reconciliation of two countries that had been long at odds.
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Recent Examples of reconciliation
The colonies need to declare independence, Paine wrote, because so long as their goal was seen as reconciliation, foreign governments would consider the Americans as rebels and the conflict an internal affair.
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Frederic J. Fransen, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
The biggest winner in the reconciliation?
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Jan. 2026
The pair were pictured together on a flight in August 2025 in photos obtained by TMZ and Page Six, sparking reconciliation rumors.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Will 2026 bring about a reconciliation?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconciliation
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My acceptance precipitated an existential crisis since the job was so distant from what I’d been trained to do.—
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It was later determined that the case did not meet the authorities' acceptance criteria at the time.—
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But, as had happened so often in the history of brittle regimes, the dictator’s gesture of conciliation was read as desperation.—
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Memphis remained peaceful due in part to the work that began earlier that year when CRS provided conciliation services during a sanitation workers’ strike and met with members of the Black community, religious leaders and gang members to prevent an escalation of violence during the strike.—
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“Reconciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconciliation. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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