conciliation

conciliation
a) The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.
b) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.

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  • conciliation — [ kɔ̃siljasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; lat. conciliatio 1 ♦ Action de concilier (des personnes, des opinions, des intérêts); son résultat. ⇒ accommodement, accord, arbitrage, arrangement, concorde, entente, médiation, rapprochement, réconciliation,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • conciliation — con·cil·i·a·tion /kən ˌsi lē ā shən/ n: the settlement of a dispute by mutual and friendly agreement with a view to avoiding litigation con·cil·i·a·tor /kən si lē ˌā tər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • conciliation — con‧cil‧i‧a‧tion [kənˌsɪliˈeɪʆn] noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the process of getting an employer and employees who are involved in an argument to meet and discuss their differences, in the hope of ending the argument: • Procedures for… …   Financial and business terms

  • conciliation — CONCILIATION. s. f. Action de concilier, réunion de personnes qui étoient divisées. Travailler à la conciliation des esprits. Il a un esprit deconciliation. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De la concordance des passages et des Lois qui paroissent… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • conciliation — Conciliation. s. f. v. Accord. Conciliation des esprits. conciliation des passages, des loix &c …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Conciliation — Con*cil i*a tion, n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. [1913 Webster] The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • conciliation — 1540s, from M.Fr. conciliation, from L. conciliationem (nom. conciliatio) a connection, union, bond, figuratively a making friendly, gaining over, noun of action from conciliare (see CONCILIATE (Cf. conciliate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Conciliation — (v. lat.), Versöhnung; davon Conciliatorisch, aussöhnend, einigend, u. Conciliiren, vereinen, aussöhnen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Conciliation — Conciliation, lat., Versöhnung; conciliatorisch, versöhnend; conciliiren, versöhnen, vereinigen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • conciliation — CONCILIATION: Les prêcher toujours, même quand les contraires sont absolus …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • conciliation — et union, Conciliatio, Conciliatura …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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