reconciliation

From Old French, from Latin reconciliatio (“a re-establishing, reinstatement, restoration, renewal, a reconciling, reconciliation”), from reconciliare

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən/, /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən/

reconciliation (countable and uncountable, plural reconciliations)

1. The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.

   He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.

2. (theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement.
3. A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.
4. (accounting) Process of matching, comparing and agreeing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement, including list of explainable differences.

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