The mediation process aims to conciliate rather than to investigate complaints. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Verb (used with object) : to conciliate an angry competitor. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : Efforts to conciliate in the dispute proved fruitless. From Dictionary.com.
He has deliberately said, that, if we cannot "conciliate" the Rebels, and "persuade" them to come back into the Union, we should allow them to depart in peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
Will he be openly cold, or anxious to conciliate, or annoyed?. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
If you would conciliate the favor of men, rule your resentment. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
It sought to conciliate the power it was endeavoring to coerce. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
One may conciliate that with all the exigencies of fashionable life. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"You threaten me," said Young Glory, quietly, hoping to conciliate the. From Wordnik.com. [Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds] Reference
Motto for the Wee Frees when attempting to conciliate the Labour Party. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31] Reference
Her thoughts were with Mary and what she had best say to conciliate her. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
He took out the captured chiefs, and attempted to conciliate the Iroquois. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
To conciliate the tribes through which he passed, he adopted Persian dress. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
"Could you not conciliate him through his wife — whom — you resigned to him?". From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
"Sorry the mistake was made, sir," he replied, anxious now to conciliate the guest. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
To be always amiable toward inferiors, superiors, and equals, is to conciliate the regard of all. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
A young man, therefore, in entering the world, cannot be too attentive to conciliate the goodwill of women. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
Most generals would have sought rather to conciliate their men by an increase than to risk exciting discontent by. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Unfortunately for the Reformation, policy was supposed to make it an imperative duty to conciliate the favor of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Parliament had shown every disposition to conciliate this impracticable reformer, but all its efforts had been futile. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
If you go to a house where there are children you should take especial care to conciliate their good will by a little manly. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
He, therefore, does not use the same means to conciliate their good will that he did when he was dependent upon their honesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Parliament was the more anxious to conciliate the City inasmuch as a royalist rising had already taken place in Kent (21 May). From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
There were many conservative Republicans who were still willing to compromise, conciliate, and work when necessary with Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Palin Proves Again She's the Democrats Best Friend] Reference
"At the hour most convenient for you," responded Julien, quickly, anxious to conciliate her; "you will serve my meals in my room.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Camors found the General had not exaggerated the local importance of this personage, and that it was most essential to conciliate him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So that it is necessary to be exceedingly indignant that Pheido, having been chosen to conciliate you and restore you, did the same things as. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
If this was carried out it had power to render the possessor invulnerable, to cure fevers, to eradicate poison, and to conciliate friendship. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
Sacrifices were offered for the ordinary purposes -- to conciliate the favor of the gods, to requite their benefits, and to avert their wrath. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
But there is one cure for this condition of mind, to conciliate privately the husband's affection, and not to divert or diminish his love for his mother. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
During his several visits to Spain, where he handled delicate questions with consummate skill, he had shown tact in seeking to disarm opposition and conciliate opponents, but in. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
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