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Verb: conciliate  kun'silee`eyt
  1. Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
    - pacify, lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
     
  2. Come to terms
    - reconcile, patch up, make up, settle
     
  3. Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
    - accommodate, reconcile

Derived forms: conciliating, conciliates, conciliated

See also: conciliation, conciliative, conciliator, conciliatory

Type of: agree, calm, calm down, concord, concur, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, hold, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize