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Reconciliation

Noun

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1.NounThe re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
"He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so."
2.NounThe process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
3.NounReligious senses. The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement. The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site. Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church. Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
4.NounThe end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
5.NounThe reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
6.NounAdmission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
7.NounEllipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
8.NounA special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
9.NounThe process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
"In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action."
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