conciliation
Noun
Meaning
The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.
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By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something.
Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.
There is a point beyond which conciliation looks like capitulation. I do not believe I passed that point, but others have thought otherwise.
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.