Word Meanings - RECONCILIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. 2. Reduction
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1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. 2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers. Syn. -- Reconciliment; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RECONCILIATION)
- Atonement
- Reconciliation
- expiation
- compensation
- preparation
- satisfaction
- recompense
- Mediation
- Interference
- interposition
- reconciliation
- atonement
- arbitration
- adjustment
- Pacification
- Conciliation
- reconcilement
- arrangement
- compromise
- Peace
- Quiet
- tranquillity
- calm
- repose
- pacification
- order
- calmness
- harmony
- concord
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RECONCILIATION)
- Aggravate
- excite
- foster
- perpetuate
- exempt
- enfranchise
- disengage
- extricate
- exonerate
- Rouse
- disturb
- agitate
- stir
- urge
- goad
- Rise
- stand
- wander
- flit
- flutter
- remove
- transfer
Related words: (words related to RECONCILIATION)
- COMPROMISE
promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both - ROUSE
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. - PERPETUATE
To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize. Addison. Burke. - AGITATE
1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly - WANDERMENT
The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall. - PACIFICATION
The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon. - PEACEBREAKER
One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n. - CONCORDANT
Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant. Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. Sir T. Browne - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - RECOMPENSE
recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for; - WANDEROO
A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other - RECOMPENSER
One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe. - FLUTTER
1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak. - EXEMPTIBLE
That may be exempted. - EXTRICATE
extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. 1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various - EXCITEFUL
Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman. - QUIETER
One who, or that which, quiets. - TRANSFEREE
The person to whom a transfer in made. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - IMPREPARATION
Want of preparation. Hooker. - TROUSERING
Cloth or material for making trousers. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - FORWANDER
To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. - EFFLAGITATE
To ask urgently. Cockeram. - DISQUIETLY
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman. - UNQUIET
To disquiet. Ld. Herbert. - TROUSE
Trousers. Spenser. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - MISADJUSTMENT
Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.