conciliatory

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/
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Adjective

conciliatory (comparative more conciliatory, superlative most conciliatory)

Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.

Antonyms

unconciliatory

Derived terms

conciliatoriness

Translations

willing to conciliate

Bulgarian: умиротворяващ (bg) (umirotvorjavašt), помирителен (bg) (pomiritelen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 安撫的 (zh), 安抚的 (zh) (ānfǔ de), 懷柔的 (zh), 怀柔的 (zh) (huáiróu de), 和解 (zh) (héjiě)
Czech: smířlivý (cs) m
Finnish: sovitteleva, sovittelunhaluinen

French: accommodant (fr)
German: versöhnlich (de)
Greek: συμφιλιωτικός (el) (symfiliotikós), συμβιβαστικός (el) (symvivastikós), διαλλακτικός (el) (diallaktikós)
Russian: примири́тельный (ru) (primirítelʹnyj), умиротворя́ющий (ru) (umirotvorjájuščij)
Turkish: uzlaştırıcı (tr), gönül alıcı, barıştırıcı

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