reconciliation
Restoring a relationship
Reconciliation is the restoration of friendly relations after conflict or estrangement: The couple attempted reconciliation after their separation.
It also means making things consistent or compatible: the reconciliation of science and religion, reconciling the bank statement with your records.
In accounting, reconciliation is the process of ensuring two sets of records agree.
In some religious traditions, reconciliation refers to confession and absolution.
Statement acknowledging wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- closureSense of emotional resolution
healing · understanding · dialogue · empathy · communication · estrangement · rift · relationship
Admission of wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
repentance · forgiveness · grace · contrition · penitent · priest · sin · salvation
Freedom from disturbance
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
mediation · detente · armistice · talks · settlement · diplomacy · truce · agreement
Accordance with reality
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- justiceFair treatment under law
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
transitional · post-conflict · testimony · victims · apartheid · healing · acknowledgment · indigenous
Financial record book
- auditFormal accounts examination
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- accountsRecords of transactions
bookkeeping · statement · variance · adjustment · verification · bank · financial · controller
apology
Statement acknowledging wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
closure · healing · understanding · dialogue · empathy · communication · estrangement · rift · relationship · reconnection
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
atonement · repentance · forgiveness · grace · contrition · penitent · priest · sin · salvation · redemption
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
ceasefire · mediation · detente · armistice · talks · settlement · diplomacy · truce · agreement · compromise
truth
Accordance with reality
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- justiceFair treatment under law
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
amnesty · transitional · post-conflict · testimony · victims · apartheid · healing · acknowledgment · indigenous · restitution
ledger
Financial record book
- auditFormal accounts examination
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
accounts · bookkeeping · statement · variance · adjustment · verification · bank · financial · controller · CPA
- happy endingshappy ending, fairy tale ending, happily ever after, true ending, love conquers all
- reconciliationmaking up, make up, harmony, peace, unity
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- peacepeace, peaceful, peacefully, peace sign, peace symbol
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- relazioni umanefriendship, love, family, marriage, romance
reconciliationestrangement
Emotional separation between people
alienation · separation · rupture · rift · division
reconciliationconflict
Opposition between parties
warfare · combat · antagonism · strife · fighting
reconciliationdiscrepancy
Difference between expected and actual
inconsistency · mismatch · disagreement · imbalance · disparity
- truth and reconciliationPost-conflict healing through acknowledgment
- reconciliation effortsActions to restore accord
- reconciliation processFormal steps restoring harmony
- racial reconciliationProcess of healing ethnic divisions
- national reconciliationRestoring harmony within a state
- reconciliation talksDiscussions to resolve conflict