reconciliationnoun
uk/ˌrek.ənˌsɪl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrek.ənˌsɪl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/[ C or U ] a situation in which two people or groups of people become friendly again after they have argued:
It took hours of negotiations to bring about a reconciliation between the two sides.
[ U ] the process of making two opposite beliefs, ideas, or situations agree
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Making & accepting apologies
- absolution
- afraid
- atonement
- conciliate
- cut
- excusable
- excuse
- excuse/pardon my French! idiom
- forge
- forgiving
- make it up to sb idiom
- mend
- mend your fences idiom
- overlook
- pardon (me) idiom
- recompense
- reconcile
- repentant
- take sb back
- unrepentant
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Accepting & agreeing