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conciliate
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con·cil·i·ate  (kn-sl-t)
v. con·cil·i·at·ed, con·cil·i·at·ing, con·cil·i·ates
v.tr.
1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
2. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
3. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
v.intr.
To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill. See Synonyms at pacify.

[Latin concilire, concilit-, from concilium, meeting; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

con·cili·a·ble (--bl) adj.
con·cili·ation n.
con·cili·ator n.
con·cili·a·tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.

conciliate
Verb
[-ating, -ated] to try to end a disagreement with or pacify (someone) [Latin conciliare to bring together]
conciliator n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.conciliate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
2.conciliate - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
propitiate, appease - make peace with
agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
make peace - end hostilities; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace"
3.conciliate - make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
harmonise, harmonize - bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests"
Translations
conciliate
v conciliate [kənˈsilieit]
to win over or regain the support, friendship etc of. versoen; oorhaal; gunstig stem يُوَفَّق بَيْن спечелвам благоразположението на získat forsone; formilde versöhnen συμβιβάζω conciliar lepitama دل کسی را بدست آوردن lepyttää se concilier לִזכּוֹת בְּאַהֲדָה फिर से शांति, दोस्ती, इत्यादि पाना pomiriti se, steći ljubav kibékít mendapat dukungan friða, fá á sitt band conciliare なだめる 환심을 사다 (vėl) palenkti į save, susitaikyti iemantot uzticību; samierināt menenteramkan verzoenen vinne, forsone, forlike pozyskiwać conciliar a recâştiga; a concilia располагать (к себе) získať spraviti (se) pomiriti se blidka, försona ทำให้เป็นมิตร gönlünü almak/yapmak; güvenini kazanmak 贏得(支持) примиряти; погоджувати ہمدردی حاصل کرنا ، ہاتھ میں لینا xoa dịu
n conˌciliˈation
versoening, bemiddeling تَوْفيق، مُصالَحَه умилостивяване získání; (u)smíření forsoning; formildning die Versöhnung συμβιβασμός conciliación lepitus آشتی؛ دلجویی sovittelu conciliation פִּיוּס, פּשָׁרָה सुलह pomirenje, nagodba (össze)egyeztetés, békéltetés kerukunan friðun, sætt conciliazione なだめ 회유, 조정 su(si)taikymas samierināšana pendamaian verzoening forlik, forsoning, mekling pojednanie, pogodzenie conciliação conciliere примирение zmierenie sprava pomirenje försoning, förlikning ความเป็นมิตร uzlaşma; yatıştırma 調解 примирення, заспокоєння ہمدردی ، تائید sự hòa giải
adj conˈciliatory
versoenend, bemiddelend, tegemoetkomend مُسالِم، مَيّال إلى المُصالَحَه помирителен smířlivý forsonende; formildende versöhnlich συμβιβαστικός conciliatorio, conciliador lepitav دلجویانه؛ مسالمت آمیز sovitteleva conciliant פָּייסָנִי मैत्रीपूर्ण pomirljiv békéltető rukun friðandi, sættandi conciliatorio 融和的な 회유적인 rodantis susitaikymą samierinošs; samierināšanas- untuk berdamai verzoenend forsonende, meklende pojednawczy conciliatório conciliant примирительный zmierlivý spravljiv pomirljiv försonande, försonlig มีแนวโน้มที่เป็นมิตร gönül alıcı, uzlaştırıcı 調解的 примирливий ہمدردانہ có thể hòa giải


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