CONCILIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conciliation mean? 

• CONCILIATION (noun)
  The noun CONCILIATION has 3 senses:

1. the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled

2. any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

3. the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

  Familiarity information: CONCILIATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCILIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed

Hypernyms ("conciliation" is a kind of...):

peace (the state prevailing during the absence of war)

Derivation:

conciliate (come to terms)

conciliate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("conciliation" is a kind of...):

mediation (a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party)

Derivation:

conciliate (come to terms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conciliation; placation; propitiation

Hypernyms ("conciliation" is a kind of...):

appeasement; calming (the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of))

Derivation:

conciliate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)

 Context examples 

But this conciliation was not granted; for though she often threw out expressions of pity for her sister to Elinor, and more than once dropt a reflection on the inconstancy of beaux before Marianne, no effect was produced, but a look of indifference from the former, or of disgust in the latter.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)