Reconciliation
(noun)
- The process of resolving a conflict or disagreement.
- The restoring of a relationship to a harmonious state after a disagreement or conflict.
Origin:
Late middle english: from old french reconciliation, from latin reconciliatio(n-), from reconciliare "bring together again" (see reconcile).
Examples:
- The reconciliation between the two nations took years of negotiation.
- The reconciliation of the couple after their argument was a sign of their strong bond.
- The process of reconciliation between different cultural and religious groups was complex.
- The government called for a reconciliation commission to address past human rights abuses.
- The reconciliation of the accounts showed a large discrepancy between the recorded and actual numbers.