conciliatory

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  • (US) IPA(key): /kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/
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Adjective

conciliatory (comparative more conciliatory, superlative most conciliatory)

  1. Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
    • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
      Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.

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