CONCILIATORY

conciliatory, conciliative

(adjective) intended to placate; “spoke in a conciliating tone”; “a conciliatory visit”

compromising, conciliatory, flexible

(adjective) making or willing to make concessions; “loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

conciliatory (comparative more conciliatory, superlative most conciliatory)

Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

Antonyms

• unconciliatory

Source: Wiktionary


Con*cil"i*a*to*ry, a.

Definition: Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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