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- DictionaryCon·cil·i·a·to·ry/kənˈsilēəˌtôrē/
adjective
- 1. intended or likely to placate or pacify: "a conciliatory approach"
Learn the meaning of conciliatory, a word that describes someone or something that tries to win over or reduce hostility. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Conciliatory means showing willingness to end a disagreement, or trying to make someone less angry. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Conciliatory definition: tending to conciliate. See examples of CONCILIATORY used in a sentence.
Conciliatory describes things that make other people less angry. The context is often a situation in which a dispute is settled by compromise. A synonym is propitiatory , though this adjective usually refers to avoiding the anger of someone who has the power to harm.
Conciliatory means showing willingness to end a disagreement, or trying to make someone less angry. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples from news sources and translations.
When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone. The next time he spoke he used a more conciliatory tone. The President's speech was hailed as a conciliatory gesture toward business.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word conciliatory, which means having the intention or effect of making angry people calm. See examples, synonyms and related words in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
