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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
reconciliation
    n 1: the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn:
         reconciliation, rapprochement]
    2: getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his
       checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: reconciliation,
       balancing]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reconciliation \Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion\ (-s?l`?*?"sh?n), n. [F.
   r['e]conciliation, L. reconciliatio.]
   1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled;
      reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of
      friendship.
      [1913 Webster]

            Reconciliation and friendship with God really form
            the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. --S.
                                                  Miller.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of
      inconsistency; harmony.
      [1913 Webster]

            A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming
            inconsistencies of Scripture.         --D. Rogers.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement;
        propitiation; atonement; expiation.
        [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
RECONCILIATION, contracts. The act of bringing persons to agree together, 
who before, had had some difference. 
     2. A renewal of cohabitation between husband and wife is proof of 
reconciliation, and such reconciliation destroys the effect of a deed of 
separation. 4 Eccl. R. 238. 



4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
RECONCILIATION, n.  A suspension of hostilities.  An armed truce for
the purpose of digging up the dead.


Thesaurus Results for Reconciliation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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