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reconciliatory

American  
[rek-uhn-sil-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˌrɛk ənˈsɪl i əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

  1. tending to reconcile.


Etymology

Origin of reconciliatory

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin reconciliāt(us) “repaired, reunited” (past participle of reconciliāre “to bring back together, repair, reunite”; reconcile ) + -ory 1

Example Sentences

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Writing in the Venezuelan daily El Nacional last week, Ramón Escovar León, an expert in Venezuelan constitutional law, noted that an amnesty law “riddled with exclusions” thereby “loses its reconciliatory nature and becomes a mechanism for managing the conflict in another form.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Experts point out that Muizzu's reconciliatory tone towards Delhi is a far cry from the rhetoric he adopted during his election campaign a year ago.

From BBC

He noted, however, that the parties’ “reconciliatory tone” could “go south or ... change quickly” over hot-button issues such as AI.

From Los Angeles Times

Of course she touches him, in a reconciliatory embrace, but she is once again saved by painting.

From New York Times

As the history of the bilateral ties between South Korea and Japan has repeatedly shown, a reconciliatory move over one historical dispute accomplishes little if another dispute, such as over the territorial rights over a set of islets between the two nations, is rekindled.

From New York Times