reconciliation

noun

rec·​on·​cil·​i·​a·​tion ˌre-kən-ˌsi-lē-ˈā-shən 

1

: the action of reconciling : the state of being reconciled

2

: the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance

3

US government : a legislative process that enables expedited passage of a bill relating to certain matters in the federal budget by a simple majority of votes

used reconciliation to repeal the bill passed during the prior session of Congress

Aides to senior House Republicans said Thursday that committee chairmen were meeting now to decide whether a budget plan … will include parliamentary language, known as reconciliation instructions, that would allow much of a Republican health care plan to pass the filibuster-prone Senate with a simple majority.

—Jonathan Weisman

reconciliatory

ˌre-kən-ˈsil-yə-ˌtȯr-ē 

-ˈsi-lē-ə-

adjective

Examples of reconciliation in a Sentence

Signing the trade agreement was praised as an act of reconciliation between the two countries.

He contacted us in hopes of a reconciliation.

a reconciliation of opposing views

Recent Examples on the Web

That includes March’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that sent direct payments and unemployment benefits to people in a bid to stimulate the pandemic economy; and may eventually include another raft of Democratic spending in a reconciliation bill later this year. —USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024

Even if Russia did change systemically, moreover, Poland and the Baltic states now stand resolutely in the way of Russian reconciliation with Europe as permanent members of the Western alliance and the EU. —Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024

Rhonda Carew said the chances of a reconciliation are slim but not impossible. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024

Moon sent only two monthly bank reconciliations and none of the monthly reconciliations. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024

Soon after the reconciliation, Lennon retired from the music industry to focus on raising their newborn son, Sean. —Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024

Along with handling the reconciliation of game day statements, and reporting to the league how much revenue was coming in, McLean was busy rooting for the team as one of the Storm’s biggest fans. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024

Amid contentious debates over book bans, assaults on Black scholarship, and the manipulation of educational curricula across the United States, the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park emerges as a beacon of truth and reconciliation. —Donovan X. Ramsey, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024

Under pressure from a fickle financier, Mike pushes for a simple story about reconciliation and forgiveness. —Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English reconsiliacioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin reconciliation-, reconciliatio, from reconciliare

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1