conciliatory

Language: en

🇺🇸 /kəˈnsɪˌliːəˌtɔriː/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Intended or likely to placate or pacify; designed to overcome hostility, distrust, or animosity and to gain goodwill or favor.; Relating to or involving conciliation; tending to reconcile differences or disputes between parties.; Characterized by a willingness to make concessions or compromises in order to reach an agreement or restore harmony.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more conciliatory Superlative: most conciliatory

Collocations

conciliatory toneconciliatory gestureconciliatory approachconciliatory mannerconciliatory speechconciliatory message

Derivatives

conciliateconciliationconciliatorconciliatorilyreconcilereconciliation

Synonyms

appeasingplacatingpacifyingpropitiatorypeacemakingmollifying

Antonyms

confrontationalaggressivehostilebelligerentantagonistic

Commonly confused

conciliate
EN: 'Conciliate' is the verb form meaning to win over or placate; 'conciliatory' is the adjective describing something intended to conciliate.
reconciliatory
EN: 'Reconciliatory' is a less common variant implying restoration of a broken relationship, while 'conciliatory' is broader and more standard.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember it has a single 'l' in the middle ('conciliatory', not 'concilliatory') and ends in '-ory', not '-ary'.

💬 Examples

  1. The manager adopted a conciliatory tone during the meeting to ease the tensions between the two departments.

  2. The government issued a conciliatory statement in hopes of ending the prolonged labor dispute.

  3. Her conciliatory gesture of offering to split the costs helped resolve the argument between the neighbors.