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# reconciliation

«reconciliation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making friends again after an argument or fight** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (reconciliation, reconciliations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making friends again after an argument or fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#m1)

2) Making two ideas or facts agree when they seemed different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#m2)

3) (church) In the Catholic Church, the sacrament of Reconciliation (confession), where Catholics believe sins are forgiven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#m3)

4) (money) Checking that two sets of numbers match, like a bank statement and your own record. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and PSHE lessons, reconciliation follows conflict: saying sorry and forgiving. In history, «Truth and Reconciliation» in South Africa; reconciliation with Aboriginal people in Australia and First Nations in Canada. In church, children prepare for first Reconciliation. Phrases: «bring about reconciliation», «the sacrament of reconciliation», «National Reconciliation Week» (Australia).

### examples

- After the fight, the two friends had a happy reconciliation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x1)
- Mum helped bring about a reconciliation between my brother and me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x2)
- Catholics go to Reconciliation to confess their sins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x3)
- Australia holds National Reconciliation Week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x4)
- Christians believe Jesus brought reconciliation between God and people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x5)
- The bank reconciliation showed a mistake of five pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x6)
- The teacher talked about forgiveness and reconciliation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x7)
- Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/#x8)

### note

Verb «reconcile». Spelling: re-con-cil-i-a-tion. Reconciliation needs both sides; one person can forgive, but reconciliation means coming back together. Say «Catholics believe» for the sacrament.

### In the corpora

- [Canada has apologised for the residential schools and is working towards reconciliation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reconciliation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.