reconciliation
nounUK /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ · US /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
Etymology From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.
8 senses
- 1The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation…
- 2The process of comparing and resolving apparent…
- 3The end of estrangement between a human and God as a…
- 4The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
- 5Admission of a person to membership of the church, or…
- 6Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament…
- 7A special parliamentary procedure of the United States…
- 8The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and…
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
- He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
Accounting, Business, Finance The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
› Religious senses.
Christianity The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
Christianity The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
Government, Politics US A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
Australia, Canada The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
- In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
- The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
- Derived terms
- nonreconciliation, reconciliation loop, truth and reconciliation
- Related terms
36 terms
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