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adj. - Intended or likely to overcome animosity or hostility; Willing to give up something to be at peace.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Will the president make a concillatory trip to cuba?
  • You will be at no loss to form a judgment of the mode in which he proposed to reconcile us, by what he called a conciliatory line.
  • Using the word conciliatory, does not mean the user is conciliatory.
  • "Don't let us part ill friends, Felkin," continued Philip Baddock in conciliatory tones.
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