Conciliate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
  • v. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
  • v. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
  • verb-intransitive. To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill. See Synonyms at pacify.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Make calm and content; placate.
  • v. Mediate in a dispute.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overcome the distrust or hostility of, by soothing and pacifying means; induce friendly and kindly feelings in; pacify; placate; soothe; win over.
  • To induce, draw, or secure by something adapted to attract regard or favor; win; gain; engage.
  • Synonyms To win over, propitiate, appease. See reconcile.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. come to terms
  • v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • v. make (one thing) compatible with (another)
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    calm    tranquillise    calm down    quieten    lull    still    tranquillize    quiet    tranquilize    harmonise   
    Cross Reference
    pacify   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pacify    appease    propitiate    reconcile