RECONCILIATION

reconciliation, balancing

(noun) getting two things to correspond; “the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement”

reconciliation, rapprochement

(noun) the reestablishing of cordial relations

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

reconciliation (countable and uncountable, plural reconciliations)

The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.

(theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement.

A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.

(accounting) Process of matching, comparing and agreeing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement, including list of explainable differences.

Synonyms

• saught

Source: Wiktionary

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Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion (-sl`*"shn), n. Etym: [F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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