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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
conciliation
    n 1: the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after
         being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation
         but the fighting soon resumed"
    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
       [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conciliation \Con*cil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. conciliatio.]
   The act or process of conciliating; the state of being
   conciliated.
   [1913 Webster]

         The house has gone further; it has declared
         conciliation admissible previous to any submission on
         the part of America.                     --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]

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