GDict

conciliatory

kәn'siliәtәri5 senses · 269 ms
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adj/kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/
  1. 1

    Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

    • Lady Anne checked herself, for she heard a carriage stop at the door, and her daughters enter the house; and she had not made up her mind as to the turn she should give to their conciliatory visit.
    • Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.

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