conciliatory

conciliatory or conciliative (kənˈsɪljətərɪ, -trɪ, kənˈsɪljətɪv)

—*adj*
	intended to placate or reconcile

conciliative or conciliative

—*adj*

con'ciliatorily or conciliative

—*adv*

con'ciliatoriness or conciliative

—n

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conciliatory

1570s, from L. conciliator, agent noun from conciliare (see conciliate).

Example sentences

For public consumption, he has become something his friends and enemies would

never recognize: cautious and conciliatory.

Whether some of the more radical leftist leaders in the region will be

conciliatory is not clear.

At times, in short, his conciliatory tone has been read as weakness.

What my fellow science geeks seem to misunderstand is that the conciliatory

approach is seen as a sign of weakness by the right.

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