\Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion\ (-s?l`?*?"sh?n), n. [F.
r['e]conciliation, L. reconciliatio.]
1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled;
   reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of
   friendship.
         Reconciliation and friendship with God really form
         the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. --S.
                                               Miller.
2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of
   inconsistency; harmony.
         A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming
         inconsistencies of Scripture.         --D. Rogers.
Syn: Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement;
     propitiation; atonement; expiation.