conciliativeadj.
/kənˈsɪlɪətɪv/, /kənˈsɪlɪeɪtɪv/, U.S. /kənˈsɪliədɪv/, /kənˈsɪliˌeɪdɪv/ Tending to conciliate; conciliatory.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory
propitiatory1536
conciliatory1576
placatorya1640
conciliating1661
mollifying1713
disarminga1718
conciliative1819
anti-inflammatory1842
propitiative1853
propitial1863
placating1873
conciliant1882
placative1903
accommodational1907
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 62 A conciliative and persuasive tone.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 328 With a conciliative show of coincidence.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. ii. 637 I answered—mildly reprobatory, yet conciliative.
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