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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
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