reconcilers
Those mending rifts
Reconcilers are people or things that bring opposing parties or ideas into harmony.
A reconciler mediates between feuding family members, restores damaged relationships, or finds ways to make contradictory positions compatible.
She became the reconciler between her divorced parents.
In technical contexts, reconcilers may be software or processes that align discrepant data sets or accounts.
Conflict resolution facilitators
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- negotiatorsThose who arrange agreements
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
- facilitatorsThose who aid progress
go-betweens · brokers · liaisons · peacemakers · intercessors · bridge-builders · diplomats · envoys
Those opposing all warfare
- unifiersThose who consolidate disparate elements
- healersThose who treat ailments
- harmonizersThings producing musical accord
- appeasersThose who placate aggressors
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- redressCompensation for injury
reparation · healing · pardon · absolution · restitution · mending · rapprochement · reunion
Sharing another's emotions
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- listeningAttending to sound
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
communication · rapport · trust-building · perspective-taking · fence-mending
Those who maintain equilibrium
- adjustersThose who make corrections
- auditorsFinancial statement reviewers
- bookkeepersFinancial record maintainers
- accountantsFinancial record keepers
mediators
Conflict resolution facilitators
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- negotiatorsThose who arrange agreements
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
facilitators · go-betweens · brokers · liaisons · peacemakers · intercessors · bridge-builders · diplomats · envoys · peacekeepers
pacifists
Those opposing all warfare
- unifiersThose who consolidate disparate elements
- healersThose who treat ailments
- harmonizersThings producing musical accord
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
redress · reparation · healing · pardon · absolution · restitution · mending · rapprochement · reunion · closure
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- listeningAttending to sound
dialogue · communication · rapport · trust-building · perspective-taking · fence-mending
balancers
Those who maintain equilibrium
- adjustersThose who make corrections
- auditorsFinancial statement reviewers
- bookkeepersFinancial record maintainers
- HumanitariansMother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.
- mediatorsmediator, mediators, arbitrator, arbitrators, negotiator
- peacemakerspeacekeeper, peace activist, peace advocates, peacemaker, peacebuilders
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
reconcilersagitators
Those who incite disturbance
instigators · dividers · provocateurs · troublemakers · warmongers
reconcile, reconciled, reconciler, reconciles, unreconciled, reconcilement