reconciliation
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See also réconciliation
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin reconciliatio (“a re-establishing, reinstatement, restoration, renewal, a reconciling, reconciliation”), from reconciliare
Noun [edit]
reconciliation (plural reconciliations)
- 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.
- (theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement; more specifically,
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- A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.
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- (accounting) Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.
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Translations [edit]
the reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement
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a Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance
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Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement
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