conciliation

English

Etymology

From Middle French conciliation.

Noun

conciliation (countable and uncountable, plural conciliations)

1. The process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife.
2. (law) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.

Derived terms

• conciliation cross

Translations

ending of strife

• German: Einigung (de) f, Versöhnung (de) f, Ausgleich (de) m, Aussöhnung (de) f, Konzertierung f, Vermittlung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: συμβιβασμός m (sumbibasmós)

• Polish: koncyliacja (pl) f

alternative dispute resolution

• Bulgarian: помирение (bg) n (pomirenie)
• Catalan: conciliació f
• German: Schlichtung (de) f, Güteverfahren f, Sühneverfahren n
• Malayalam: അനുരഞ്ജനം (ml) (anurañjanaṁ)
• Maori: whakaepaepanga
• Polish: koncyliacja (pl) f
• Spanish: conciliación (es) f

See also

• reconciliation
• atonement

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

conciliation f (plural conciliations)

1. conciliation

Further reading

• “conciliation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.