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語源

From 中期英語 reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: re‧con‧ci‧li‧at‧ion

名詞

reconciliation (countable and uncountable, plural reconciliations)

1. The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.

   Synonyms: reconcilement, (noun) reconciling, (Britain, dialectal) saught

   Antonyms: irreconciliation, unreconciliation

   He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.

2. (accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
3. Religious senses.
   1. (Christianity) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
   2. (Christianity) The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
   3. (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
   4. (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”).
4. (US politics) A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
5. (Australia, Canada) The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.

   In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.

   • 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News‎:

     The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly.

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Further reading

• reconciliation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia