conciliatingadj.
/kənˈsɪlɪeɪtɪŋ/ That conciliates; that induces friendly feeling or overcomes objection; reconciling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > that brings into agreement or harmony
conciliating1661
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory
propitiatory1536
conciliatory1576
placatorya1640
conciliating1661
mollifying1713
disarminga1718
conciliative1819
anti-inflammatory1842
propitiative1853
propitial1863
placating1873
conciliant1882
placative1903
accommodational1907
1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen in Phœnix (1721) I. 54 The conciliating Principle of Souls and Matter.
1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues (1760) i. 21 The more pliant and conciliating method of Cicero.
1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 7 A man of more conciliating manners does not exist.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 119 An excellent minister..dignified yet conciliating in manner.
Derivatives
conˈciliatingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adverb] > in appeasing or propitiatory manner
propitiatorilya1555
disarmingly1836
propitiatingly1856
placatingly1875
conciliatingly1880
conciliatorily1903
1880 A. Dunsmuir Vida II. 141 Come now, Vida, said Mary conciliatingly.
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