Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conciliatory"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conciliatory \Con*cil"i*a*to*ry\ (?; 106), a.
Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse
to the conciliatory policy. --Prescott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

conciliatory
adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore
through him...whenever he thought of...even the
compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: {compromising}, {flexible}]
[ant: {uncompromising}]
2: overcoming animosity or hostility; "spoke in a conciliating
tone"; "a conciliatory visit" [syn: {conciliating}, {conciliative}]
[ant: {antagonizing}]


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