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    conciliatory
    /kənˈsɪlɪət(ə)ri/

    adjective

    • 1. intended or likely to placate or pacify: "a conciliatory approach"

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  2. CONCILIATORY definition: 1. showing willingness to end a disagreement, or trying to make someone less angry: 2. showing…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of CONCILIATORY is intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate. How to use conciliatory in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. CONCILIATORY meaning: 1. showing willingness to end a disagreement, or trying to make someone less angry: 2. showing…. Learn more.

  5. Conciliatory definition: tending to conciliate. See examples of CONCILIATORY used in a sentence.

  6. When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.

  7. 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.

  8. Definition of conciliatory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.