conciliatory | ||
1. | [ adjective ] making or willing to make concessions | |
Synonyms: | compromising flexible | |
Examples: | "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" |
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Related terms: | uncompromising yielding | |
2. | [ adjective ] overcoming animosity or hostility | |
Synonyms: | conciliating conciliative | |
Examples: | "spoke in a conciliating tone" "a conciliatory visit" |
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Related terms: | antagonizing appeasing propitiative | |
Similar spelling: |
conciliator conciliate conciliative conciliation conciliating councillor conciliable coin_collector councilorship councillorship council_tax Conigliaro |