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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. making or willing to make concessions;
- Example: "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
[syn: compromising, conciliatory, flexible]

2. intended to placate;
- Example: "spoke in a conciliating tone"
- Example: "a conciliatory visit"
[syn: conciliatory, conciliative]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conciliatory \Con*cil"i*a*to*ry\ (?; 106), a.
   Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
   [1913 Webster]

         The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse
         to the conciliatory policy.              --Prescott.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conciliatory
    adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore
           through him...whenever he thought of...even the
           compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising,
           conciliatory, flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy,
           uncompromising]
    2: intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a
       conciliatory visit" [syn: conciliatory, conciliative]
       [ant: antagonistic]