reconciliation

1 the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: rapprochement]

2 getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: balancing]

English

Etymology

reconciliare

Noun

1. The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.

   He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.

2. A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.
3. Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.

Translations

Reconciliation may refer to:

• Reconciliation (Josefina de Vasconcellos), a sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos
• Bank reconciliation
• Reconciliation bill
• Reconciliation (Accounting)
• Confession, or Reconciliation, a Christian (primarily Roman Catholic and Orthodox) sacrament in which a priest proclaims forgiveness of confessed sin
• Reconciliation (family law)

See also

• Truth and reconciliation commission
• Conciliation
• Conflict resolution

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