Reconciliation

Definitions

1. The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. Religious senses.
   countable, uncountable
4. The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
   countable, uncountable
5. The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
   countable, uncountable
6. Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
   countable, uncountable
7. Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
8. The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
   Australia, Canada, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel⟳ unready to do so.”

“In order⟳ to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process⟳ of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.”

“The comments were made at a council meeting last⟳ month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.”

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