reconciliation

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Latin reconciliare

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reconciliation (plural reconciliations)

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. (accounting) Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.

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