Definition of conciliatory Conciliatory

/kʌnsɪˈliˌʌtɔˌɹi/ - [kunsileeutoree] - con•cil•i•a•to•ry

We found 5 definitions of conciliatory from 4 different sources.

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What does conciliatory mean?

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Adjective

conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"
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  antagonistic incapable of harmonious association
  appeasing, placating, placative, placatory intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech"
  pacific promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"
  propitiative, propitiatory intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
conciliatory - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
  compromising, flexible
  uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • conciliatory (a.)
    Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • conciliatory
    Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

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