| VERB | emotion | conciliate, pacify, lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | cause to be more favorably inclined |
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| communication | conciliate, reconcile, patch up, make up, settle | come to terms | |
| change | conciliate, accommodate, reconcile | make (one thing) compatible with (another) |
| Meaning | Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to conciliate Sue | |
| Synonyms | pacify, lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | |
| Broader | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, aplacar, calmar, pacificar, sosegar, suavizar | |
| Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, aplacar, assossegar, conciliar, pacificar, suavitzar | |
| Adjectives | conciliative | intended to placate |
| Nouns | conciliation | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity |
| conciliation | the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled | |
| conciliator | someone who tries to bring peace | |
| Meaning | Come to terms. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | reconcile, patch up, make up, settle | |
| Narrower | make peace | end hostilities |
| propitiate, appease | make peace with | |
| Broader | agree, hold, concur, concord | Be in accord / accord |
| Spanish | avenir, conciliar, decidir, reconciliar | |
| Catalan | decidir | |
| Adjectives | conciliatory, conciliative | intended to placate |
| conciliatory | making or willing to make concessions | |
| Nouns | conciliation | any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration |
| conciliation | the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled | |
| Meaning | make (one thing) compatible with (another). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | accommodate, reconcile | |
| Broader | harmonize, harmonise | Bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously |
| Spanish | acomodar, acordar, conciliar, reconciliar | |
| Catalan | acomodar, adaptar, ajustar, reconciliar | |
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