reconciliation.

1. The restoration of a cooperative or friendly relation after conflict or estrangement.

2. The comparison and adjustment of records or accounts to bring them into agreement.

3. Acceptance of an unwelcome condition or fact.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• reconciliation between groups
• attempt at reconciliation

On the page

Reconciliation between the groups began before their disagreement was resolved.

The attempt at reconciliation did not erase the earlier conflict.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.