Meaning & use
Conciliating
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Acting to overcome distrust or hostility by being agreeable, soothing, or offering concessions.
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She spent the meeting conciliating both sides so negotiations could continue.
His conciliating tone helped calm the angry customer.
A note on using this word
The present participle of 'conciliate', from Latin 'conciliare' meaning to bring together or unite.
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provokingantagonizing
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Serving to reconcile or make compatible.
They reached a conciliating compromise that satisfied neither side completely but ended the dispute.
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