The state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled.

Roget 714: concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; agreement etc. 23; sympathy, empathy etc. (love) 897; response; union, unison, unity; bonds of harmony; peace etc. 721; unanimity etc. (assent) 488; league etc. 712; happy family.    rapprochement; reunion; amity etc. (friendship) 888; alliance, entente cordiale [Fr.], good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator.    ... show more

Roget 723: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release.    peace offering; olive branch; calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace.    truce, armistice; suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi [Lat.]; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire [Fr.], cartel^†.    hollow truce, pax in bello [Lat.]; drawn battle.    ... show more

Any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration.

Dutch: verzoening

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity.

synonyms: placation, propitiation.

Roget 952: atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation etc. 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation; indemnification, redress.    amends, apology, amende honorable^†, satisfaction; peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering; scapegoat, sacrifice.    penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration^†; purgation, purgatory.    ... show more

Roget 918: forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve.    conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation etc. (pacification) 723; propitiation.    excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation etc. (acquittal) 970.    longanimity^†, placability; amantium irae [Lat.]; locus paenitentiae [Lat.]; forbearance.    ... show more