reconciliation
/ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun C2- The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement. · He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
- The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
- The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
- The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
- Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
- A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
Plural reconciliations
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Having now a good house and a very sufficient income, he intended to marry; and in seeking a reconciliation with the Longbourn family he had a wife in view, as he meant to choose one of the daughters, if he found them as handsome and amiable as they were represented by common report.
But at length, by Elizabeth’s persuasion, he was prevailed on to overlook the offence, and seek a reconciliation; and, after a little further resistance on the part of his aunt, her resentment gave way, either to her affection for him, or her curiosity to see how his wife conducted herself; and she condescended to wait on them at Pemberley, in spite of that pollution which its woods had received, not merely from the presence of such a mistress, but the visits of her uncle and aunt from the city.
If you would only dismiss them from your heels, there might soon be treaties of peace and reconciliation between us.” The Sheep, poor silly creatures, were easily beguiled and dismissed the Dogs, whereupon the Wolves destroyed the unguarded flock at their own pleasure.
They remind us that while we are bound to stumble, our capacity for genuine contrition can illuminate the path toward enduring reconciliation.
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