Rapprochement Definition

räprôsh-mäɴ
noun
An establishing, or esp. a restoring, of harmony and friendly relations.
Webster's New World
A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries.
American Heritage
The state of reconciliation or of cordial relations.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Rapprochement

Noun

Singular:
rapprochement
Plural:
rapprochements

Origin of Rapprochement

  • French from rapprocher to bring together re- re- approcher to approach (from Old French aprochier approach)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French rapprochement.

    From Wiktionary

Rapprochement Sentence Examples

  • During his ministry he developed the rapprochement of France with Russia - visiting St Petersburg with the president, Felix Faure - and sent expeditions to delimit the French colonies in Africa.

  • The one bright side of this gloomy and sordid period was the rapprochement between the Scandinavian kingdoms during the revolutionary wars.

  • But no rapprochement was effected, and reconciliation became daily more and more difficult.

  • After the second of these insurrections, Bethlen attempted a rapprochement with the court of Vienna on the basis of an alliance against the Turks and his own marriage with one of the Austrian archduchesses; but Ferdinand had no confidence in him and rejected his overtures.

  • Turkey now sought for a rapprochement with France, and endeavoured to bring about her intervention in return for concessions as regards the holy places.

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Words Starting With

RRARAP

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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