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CONCILIATORY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intended to placate
Example:
a conciliatory visit
Synonyms:
conciliative; conciliatory
Classified under:
Similar:
appeasing; placating; placative; placatory (intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions)
pacific (promoting peace)
propitiative; propitiatory (intended to reconcile or appease)
soft (willing to negotiate and compromise)
Antonym:
antagonistic (arousing animosity or hostility)
Derivation:
conciliate (come to terms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Making or willing to make concessions
Example:
loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
Synonyms:
compromising; conciliatory; flexible
Classified under:
Similar:
yielding (tending to give in or surrender or agree)
Derivation:
conciliate (come to terms)
