Rĕc/on-cĭl/i-ā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. réconciliation, Pr. reconciliatio, Sp. reconciliacion, It. riconciliazione, Lat. reconciliatio. See supra.] 1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. 2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. “A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture.” Rogers. Syn.—Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.