conciliant
English
Adjective
conciliant (comparative more conciliant, superlative most conciliant)
- Conciliatory.
- 19C, Howard H. Brinton, Quaker Religious Thought: The Quaker Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, volume 1, number 1, Quaker Theological Discussion Group
- It is a conciliant authority, a joint authority expressed formatively and normatively through Bible, community, and Spirit
- 1965, David Samuel Shwayder, The Stratification of Behaviour: A System of Definitions Propounded and Defended, page 384, Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Conciliant with the strategy of this section, I would stress the following:
- 2003 October, Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet, Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality, page 250, Oxford University Press
- Sometimes our later acts will fit with our old reasons, because the new reasons rationalized by the old will justify only acts conciliant with the old. Other times, our acts will not be conciliant.
- 19C, Howard H. Brinton, Quaker Religious Thought: The Quaker Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, volume 1, number 1, Quaker Theological Discussion Group
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
- calcitonin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.si.ljɑ̃/
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Participle
conciliant
- present participle of concilier
Adjective
conciliant (feminine conciliante, masculine plural conciliants, feminine plural conciliantes)
- conciliatory
- manageable, tractable
Further reading
- “conciliant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
conciliant
- third-person plural present active indicative of conciliō
Romanian
Etymology
From French conciliant.
Adjective
conciliant m or n (feminine singular conciliantă, masculine plural concilianți, feminine and neuter plural conciliante)
- conciliatory
Declension
Declension of conciliant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | conciliant | conciliantă | concilianți | conciliante | ||
definite | conciliantul | concilianta | concilianții | conciliantele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | conciliant | conciliante | concilianți | conciliante | ||
definite | conciliantului | conciliantei | concilianților | conciliantelor |