Conciliate

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  • intransitive verb. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease. synonym: pacify.
  • intransitive verb. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
  • intransitive verb. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
  • intransitive verb. To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overcome the distrust or hostility of, by soothing and pacifying means; induce friendly and kindly feelings in; pacify; placate; soothe; win over.
  • To induce, draw, or secure by something adapted to attract regard or favor; win; gain; engage.
  • Synonyms To win over, propitiate, appease. See reconcile.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Make calm and content; placate.
  • verb. Mediate in a dispute.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. come to terms
  • verb. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • verb. make (one thing) compatible with (another)
    • Word Usage
    "He has deliberately said, that, if we cannot "conciliate" the Rebels, and "persuade" them to come back into the Union, we should allow them to depart in peace."
    cross-reference
    pacify  
    Form
    conciliatory  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    calm  calm down  harmonise  harmonize  lull  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allay  appease  appease  calm  cool  
    verb-form
    conciliated  conciliates  conciliating  
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