reconciliation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the reestablishing of cordial relations
    rapprochement.
  2. noun getting two things to correspond
    balancing.
    • the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement

WordNet

Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion noun
Etymology
F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.
    Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller.
  2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.
    A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers.
    Syn. -- Reconciliment; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.

Webster 1913