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Verb: conciliate kun'si-lee`eyt- Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to conciliate the angry customer" - pacify, lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle - Come to terms
- reconcile, patch up, make up, settle - Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
"The scientists had to conciliate the new results with the existing theories" - accommodate, reconcile
Derived forms: conciliates, conciliating, 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 |