Dictionary

conciliation en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle French conciliation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife.
   • A policy of conciliation, compromise, and piecemeal agreements did not, as he saw it, signify opportunism or lack of principle but was an expression of faith in the power of the socialist idea. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:
2. (countable, uncountable) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.

Forms

Deriveds

conciliation cross · conciliationism · conciliationist

Relateds

atonement · reconciliation

Translations (24)

no forsoningspolitikk (alternative dispute resolution) · id konsiliasi (ending of strife) · nl verzoening (ending of strife) · pl koncyliacja (ending of strife) · de Aussöhnung (ending of strife) · de Sühneverfahren (alternative dispute resolution) · no forsoning (ending of strife) · grc συμβιβασμός (ending of strife) · de Schlichtung (alternative dispute resolution) · de Einigung (ending of strife) · nl verzoening (alternative dispute resolution) · am ስምምነት (ending of strife) · ml അനുരഞ്ജനം (alternative dispute resolution) · de Versöhnung (ending of strife) · ca conciliació (alternative dispute resolution) · pl koncyliacja (alternative dispute resolution) · id konsiliasi (alternative dispute resolution) · de Konzertierung (ending of strife) · de Güteverfahren (alternative dispute resolution) · de Vermittlung (ending of strife) · mi whakaepaepanga (alternative dispute resolution) · de Ausgleich (ending of strife) · es conciliación (alternative dispute resolution) · bg помирение (alternative dispute resolution)