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verb

conciliate

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

In a sentence

Six example sentences with conciliate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The mayor tried to conciliate the market traders with free parking, and half of them lifted the blockade.

    Politics

  • A mediator spent two afternoons trying to conciliate the neighbors before either side would discuss the fence at all.

    Law

  • Rather than fight the review, the hotel conciliated the guest with a written apology and a genuinely better room.

    Business

  • The new king moved to conciliate the northern lords by restoring lands his father had seized from them.

    History

  • The coach tried to conciliate the benched veteran with a captain's role, and the locker room settled within days.

    Basketball

  • After the outage the founders conciliated angry customers with a month of free service and a candid explanation.

    Startups

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