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reconcilement|ˈrɛkənsaɪlmənt|
[-ment.]
1. The fact of reconciling or being reconciled to another or to each other. Cf. reconciliation 1.
1549Form Consecr. Bps. in Lindsay Vind. Ch. Eng. (1734) p. xxv, Grant..suche grace that he maie euermore be ready to sprede abrod thy Gospell, and glad tidynges of reconcilement to God. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. (1623) 551 The Generall..seriously perswaded his Lord to reconcilement with his vncle. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 98 Never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have peirc'd so deep. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) I. 157 [He] was fain to plead and sue for reconcilement. 1847Tennyson Princ. vi. 268 Make reconcilement sure With one that cannot keep her mind an hour.
b. With a and pl. An instance of this.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 263 He ought..to forget al displeasure, though no reconcilement had bene made. 1595Daniel Civ. Wars i. xxxiv, A reconcilement made, although not meant. 1692South 12 Serm. (1697) I. 418 Hector and Ajax..ended that combat in a reconcilement. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. iv. 123 The interposition of the queen, and other common friends, brought about a reconcilement. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. ix, Four weeks..marked by quarrels and reconcilements between the crusaders and the Grecians of the empire.
†2. The fact of restoring or reuniting to the Church, spec. to the Church of Rome. = reconciliation 2. Obs.
1567Norton (title) A Bull graunted by the Pope to Doctor Harding.., by reconcilement and assoyling of English Papistes, to vndermyne faith and allegeance to the Quene. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 266 Such straite lawes..for comming into England of Seminarie priests,..reconcilement, perswasions to the catholike faith, and the like.
3. The act of settling or bringing to an agreement; a harmonizing or bringing into concord.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 92 George Truckesse, and Vehus..had deuysed a reconcilement touchyng the Masse and Vowes. 1624Wotton Archit. in Reliq. (1651) 218 Two opposite affectations, Uniformity and Variety, which yet will very well suffer a good reconcilement. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 105 The reconcilement of this seeming discord. 1817Moore Lalla R. 293 The reconcilement of a sort of lover's quarrel. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. iii. 74 The arbitrary settlement of her affairs and reconcilement of her difficulties.
†4. The act of appeasing. Obs. rare—1.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 453 b, The Sacrifice of the body and bloud of Christ offred for the reconcilement of Gods wrath and displeasure.
5. The fact or condition of being (or becoming) reconciled to or with a thing.
1805Wordsw. Prelude v. 517 The time of trial, ere we learn to live In reconcilement with our stinted powers. 1832H. Martineau Homes Abroad i. 17 This assisted his reconcilement to the emigration plan. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. i. 335 The illusion of a reconcilement to the dominion of Britain. |