conciliatory

conciliatory

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/

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Adjective

conciliatory (comparative more conciliatory, superlative most conciliatory)

1. Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.

Antonyms

• unconciliatory

Derived terms

• conciliatoriness

Translations

willing to conciliate

Bulgarian: умиротворяващ (bg) (umirotvorjavašt), помирителен (bg) (pomiritelen) Chinese: Mandarin: 安撫的 (zh), 安抚的 (zh) (ānfǔ de), 懷柔的 (zh), 怀柔的 (zh) (huáiróu de), 和解 (zh) (héjiě) Czech: smířlivý (cs) m Finnish: sovitteleva, sovittelunhaluinen

French: accommodant (fr) German: versöhnlich (de) Greek: συμφιλιωτικός (el) (symfiliotikós), συμβιβαστικός (el) (symvivastikós), διαλλακτικός (el) (diallaktikós) Russian: примири́тельный (ru) (primirítelʹnyj), умиротворя́ющий (ru) (umirotvorjájuščij) Turkish: uzlaştırıcı (tr), gönül alıcı, barıştırıcı