reconciliação — meaning in English
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English meaning
- atonement noun The act of making amends for wrongdoing.
- reconciliation noun The restoration of friendly relations between people or groups who have been in conflict.
Senses
reconciliação is used for these senses in English:
- atonement Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
- reconciliation The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
- reconciliation (Roman Catholicism) 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”).
atonement — full definition
- noun The act of making amends for wrongdoing.
- noun (religion) The reconciliation between God and humanity, especially through the death of Jesus Christ.
reconciliation — full definition
- noun The restoration of friendly relations between people or groups who have been in conflict.
- noun The process of comparing two sets of records or accounts to check that they agree, and identifying and correcting any differences.
- noun The act of making two apparently conflicting ideas, accounts or requirements compatible with each other.