conciliatory
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con·cil·i·ate
(kən-sĭl′ē-āt′)v. con·cil·i·at·ed, con·cil·i·at·ing, con·cil·i·ates
v.tr.
1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.
2. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
3. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile: tried to conciliate the conflicting theories.
v.intr.
To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill.
con·cil′i·a·ble (-ə-bəl) adj.
con·cil′i·a′tion n.
con·cil′i·a′tor n.
con·cil′i·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.
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conciliatory
(kənˈsɪljətərɪ; -trɪ) orconciliative
adj
intended to placate or reconcile
conˈciliatorily adv
conˈciliatoriness n
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con•cil•i•a•to•ry
(kənˈsɪl i əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)also con•cil•i•a•tive
(-iˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv, -ˈsɪl yə-)adj.
tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner.
[1570–80]
con•cil′i•a•to`ri•ly, adv.
con•cil′i•a•to`ri•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | conciliatory - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" |
| 2. | conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" antagonistic - arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States" |
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conciliatory
adjective pacifying, pacific, disarming, appeasing, mollifying, peaceable, placatory, propitiatory, soothing The next time he spoke he used a more conciliatory tone.
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Translations
مُسالِم، مَيّال إلى المُصالَحَه
smířlivý
formildendeforsonende
friîandi, sættandi
zmierlivý
gönül alıcıuzlaştırıcı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
conciliatory
[kənˈsɪliətəri] adj [gesture, approach, statement, policy] → de conciliation; [tone, attitude] → conciliant(e)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
conciliatory
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
conciliate
(kənˈsilieit) verb to win over or regain the support, friendship etc of.
conˌciliˈation nounconˈciliatory adjective
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