conciliant
English edit
Adjective edit
conciliant (comparative more conciliant, superlative most conciliant)
- Conciliatory.
- 19C, Howard H. Brinton, Quaker Religious Thought: The Quaker Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, volume 1, number 1, Quaker Theological Discussion Group
- It is a conciliant authority, a joint authority expressed formatively and normatively through Bible, community, and Spirit
- 1965, David Samuel Shwayder, The Stratification of Behaviour: A System of Definitions Propounded and Defended, Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 384:
- Conciliant with the strategy of this section, I would stress the following:
- 2003 October, Sarah Stroud, Christine Tappolet, Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality, Oxford University Press, page 250:
- Sometimes our later acts will fit with our old reasons, because the new reasons rationalized by the old will justify only acts conciliant with the old. Other times, our acts will not be conciliant.
- 19C, Howard H. Brinton, Quaker Religious Thought: The Quaker Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, volume 1, number 1, Quaker Theological Discussion Group
References edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
conciliant
Adjective edit
conciliant (feminine conciliante, masculine plural conciliants, feminine plural conciliantes)
Further reading edit
- “conciliant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
conciliant
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French conciliant.
Adjective edit
conciliant m or n (feminine singular conciliantă, masculine plural concilianți, feminine and neuter plural conciliante)
Declension edit
Declension of conciliant
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indefinite | conciliant | conciliante | concilianți | conciliante | ||
definite | conciliantului | conciliantei | concilianților | conciliantelor |