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| Main Entry: |
rapprochement
 [rap-rohsh-mahn; Fr. ra-prawsh-mahn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restoration of harmony |
| Synonyms: | agreement, cordiality, detente, friendliness, friendship, harmonization, harmony, reconcilement, reconciliation, reunion, softening |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | conciliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reconciliation |
| Synonyms: | appeasement, placation, propitiation, rapprochement, reconcilement, resolution, reunion |
| Main Entry: | reconcilement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reconciliation |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, compromise, conciliation, harmony, rapprochement, settlement |
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Example Sentences
- But not all of them savour the alternative ending for their cold war: rapprochement and reunification.
- History wars, still far from resolved, point to the limits of rapprochement.
- But some sort of rapprochement seems to be under way.
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