The process of bringing people together to settle a dispute or reach agreement, or the state of being reconciled.
From Latin conciliatio, the noun form of conciliare. The suffix -tion transforms the verb into an abstract noun representing the action or result. Widely used in legal and diplomatic contexts since the Middle Ages.
In modern labor law and international relations, 'conciliation' is a formal process—courts and governments employ professional conciliators specifically because this word describes a level of peacemaking that's more formal than friendship but less formal than arbitration.
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