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pen·ance    Audio Help   (pěn'əns)  Pronunciation Key  n.   An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing. A sacrament in some Christian churches that includes contrition, confession to a priest, acceptance of punishment, and absolution. Also called reconciliation. tr.v.   pen·anced, pen·anc·ing, pen·anc·es To impose penance upon. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paenitentia, penitence, from paenitēns, paenitent-, penitent; see penitent.]

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rec·on·cil·i·a·tion    Audio Help   (rěk'ən-sĭl'ē-ā'shən)  Pronunciation Key  n.   The act of reconciling. The condition of being reconciled. See penance. [Middle English reconsiliacion, from Old French reconciliation, from Latin reconciliātiō, reconciliātiōn-, from reconciliātus, past participle of reconciliāre, to reconcile; see reconcile.]

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reconciliation
noun
1.	the reestablishing of cordial relations
2.	getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement"

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ˈreconˌciliˈation [-sili-] noun
See also: reconcile

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Reconciliation

Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion\ (-s?l`?*?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]conciliation, L. reconciliatio.]

1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.

Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. --S. Miller.

2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.

A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. --D. Rogers.

Syn: Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.

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