reconciliations
Restored harmony between parties
Reconciliations are acts of restoring harmony after conflict or estrangement.
Two people who've quarreled may attempt a reconciliation; nations sign treaties of reconciliation after wars.
The word also applies to making things consistent: a reconciliation of the accounts means checking that financial records match and resolving discrepancies.
In both senses, reconciliation brings separate things back into alignment.
Binding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- peace agreementFormal end to hostilities
ceasefire · détente · entente · rapprochement · normalization · truce · armistice · peace talks
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- healingRestoration of health
- closureSense of emotional resolution
reunion · mending · making amends · estrangement · rift · breach · rapprochement · mediation
Resolved dispute or colony
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- agreementShared position between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
arbitration · accord · adjustment · finding common ground · dispute resolution · conflict resolution · mutual understanding · consensus
Formal clearing of guilt
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
repentance · contrition · grace · sacrament · salvation · restoration · spiritual healing · making peace
Financial record book
- debitsRecorded account reductions
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
- adjustmentsChanges to improve fit
trial balance · journal entries · double-entry · accounts receivable · accounts payable · general ledger · accruals · auditing
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
peace agreement · ceasefire · détente · entente · rapprochement · normalization · truce · armistice · peace talks · summit
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- healingRestoration of health
closure · reunion · mending · making amends · estrangement · rift · breach · rapprochement · mediation · understanding
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- agreementShared position between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
mediation · arbitration · accord · adjustment · finding common ground · dispute resolution · conflict resolution · mutual understanding · consensus
absolution
Formal clearing of guilt
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
redemption · repentance · contrition · grace · sacrament · salvation · restoration · spiritual healing · making peace · divine forgiveness
ledger
Financial record book
- debitsRecorded account reductions
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
adjustments · trial balance · journal entries · double-entry · accounts receivable · accounts payable · general ledger · accruals · auditing · fiscal year
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
- memoirsmemoir, memoirs, autobiography, autobiographies, life story
- understandingsagreements, accords, pacts, treaties, deals
- Epic Poetry Elementscantos, invocation, catalogues, funeral games, laments
reconciliationsestrangements
States of relational distance
alienations · grudges · enmities · animosities · bad blood
reconciliationssplits
Divides into parts
breakdowns · dissolutions · severances · partings · divorces
- 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