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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

  1. noun The act of making amends for wrongdoing.
  2. noun (religion) The reconciliation between God and humanity, especially through the death of Jesus Christ.

reconciliation — full definition

  1. noun The restoration of friendly relations between people or groups who have been in conflict.
  2. noun The process of comparing two sets of records or accounts to check that they agree, and identifying and correcting any differences.
  3. noun The act of making two apparently conflicting ideas, accounts or requirements compatible with each other.

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