Reconciliation Definition

rĕkən-sĭlē-āshən
noun
A reconciling or being reconciled.
Webster's New World
The condition of being reconciled.
American Heritage
He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.
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(theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement; more specifically,

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(accounting) Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.

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Other Word Forms of Reconciliation

Noun

Singular:
reconciliation
Plural:
reconciliations

Origin of Reconciliation

  • Middle English reconsiliacion from Old French reconciliation from Latin reconciliātiō reconciliātiōn- from reconciliātus past participle of reconciliāre to reconcile reconcile

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

  • From Latin reconciliatio (“a re-establishing, reinstatement, restoration, renewal, a reconciling, reconciliation"), from reconciliare

    From Wiktionary

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