reconciliation

See also: réconciliation

English

From Old French, from Latin reconciliatio (“a re-establishing, reinstatement, restoration, renewal, a reconciling, reconciliation”), from reconciliare

reconciliation (plural reconciliations)

The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.
He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.
(theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement; more specifically,
- A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.
(accounting) Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.

reestablishment of friendly relations

Albanian: pajtim (sq) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 和解 (zh) (héjiě)
Czech: usmíření n
Danish: forsoning
Dutch: verzoening (nl) f
Finnish: sopiminen (fi), sovinnonteko
French: réconciliation (fr) f
Galician: reconciliación (gl) f
Georgian: შერიგება (šerigeba)
German: Versöhnung (de) f, Aussöhnung (de) f, Wiederaussöhnung f, Wiederversöhnung f, Schlichtung f
Greek: συμφιλίωση (el) f (symfilíosi)
Indonesian: rekonsiliasi (id)
Italian: ravvicinamento m
Japanese: 和解 (ja) (わかい, wakai)

Roman Catholic sacrament

accounting process

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: täsmäyttäminen (fi)
French: réconciliation (fr) f, rapprochement (fr) m
German: Abgleich m, Abstimmung (de), Übereinstimmung (de) f, Schlichtung f, Überleitung (de) f

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