rapprochement.

The restoration or establishment of closer relations after estrangement or hostility.

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Words that belong together

• a diplomatic rapprochement
• a tentative rapprochement
• seek rapprochement

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Their tentative rapprochement began with a parcel neither was willing to call a gift.

The ceasefire created room for rapprochement but did not settle the dispute.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular rapprochement; plural rapprochements. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.