conciliatory

con·cil·i·ate

 (kən-sĭl′ē-āt′)
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. See Synonyms at pacify.
2. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
3. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile: tried to conciliate the conflicting theories.
v.intr.
To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill.

[Latin conciliāre, conciliāt-, from concilium, meeting; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]

con·cil′i·a·ble (-ə-bəl) adj.
con·cil′i·a′tion n.
con·cil′i·a′tor n.
con·cil′i·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.
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conciliatory

(kənˈsɪljətərɪ; -trɪ) or

conciliative

adj
intended to placate or reconcile
conˈciliatorily adv
conˈciliatoriness n
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con•cil•i•a•to•ry

(kənˈsɪl i əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

also con•cil•i•a•tive

(-iˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv, -ˈsɪl yə-)

adj.
tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner.
[1570–80]
con•cil′i•a•to`ri•ly, adv.
con•cil′i•a•to`ri•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.conciliatory - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
2.conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"
antagonistic - arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States"
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conciliatory

adjective pacifying, pacific, disarming, appeasing, mollifying, peaceable, placatory, propitiatory, soothing The next time he spoke he used a more conciliatory tone.
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Translations
مُسالِم، مَيّال إلى المُصالَحَه
smířlivý
formildendeforsonende
konziliantversöhnlich
διαλλακτικός
accommodantconciliant
friîandi, sættandi
conciliatorio
forsonendemeklende
zmierlivý
gönül alıcıuzlaştırıcı
抚慰的调解的

conciliatory

[kənˈsɪlɪətərɪ] ADJconciliador
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conciliatory

[kənˈsɪliətəri] adj [gesture, approach, statement, policy] → de conciliation; [tone, attitude] → conciliant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

conciliatory

adj (= intended to reconcile)versöhnlich; (= placatory)beschwichtigend, besänftigend
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conciliatory

[kənˈsɪlɪətrɪ] adjconciliante, conciliatorio/a, conciliativo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

conciliate

(kənˈsilieit) verb
to win over or regain the support, friendship etc of.
conˌciliˈation noun
conˈciliatory adjective
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