conciliated

Won someone over

Conciliated is the past tense of conciliate, meaning to win over or placate someone who was hostile or resistant.

To conciliate is to make peace, often through gestures of goodwill or compromise: She conciliated her angry neighbors with an apology and a batch of cookies.

The word suggests restoring harmony rather than merely ending conflict.

appeased

placated

Made calm through concession

assuaged · calmed · satisfied · quieted · allayed · softened · subdued · mitigated · quelled · disarmed

resolved

settlement

Resolved dispute or colony

resolution · mediation · arbitration · agreement · arrangement · rapprochement · truce · armistice · peace · détente

harmonized

unity

Wholeness through cohesion

  • concordMutual agreement, peaceful relations
  • amityPeaceful mutual regard
  • rapportHarmonious mutual connection

cooperation · fellowship · goodwill · mutual respect · common ground · bridge-building · fence-mending · reunited · brought together · aligned

Opposites
emotional state induced

conciliatedprovoked

Caused a reaction

angered · incited · riled · enraged · infuriated

conflict resolution approach

conciliatedantagonized

Actively turned against

alienated · estranged · provoked · embittered · aggravated

Family

reconciliation, conciliate, conciliation, conciliator, conciliatory, conciliators, conciliating, conciliations

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