Rec′on‐cil′i‐a″tion (–s?l′?‐?″sh?n), n. [F. réconciliation, 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.