Conciliatory Definition & Meaning

conciliatory
adjective
  1. making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
  2. intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"

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