reconcilement

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And sin and death no longer reign, Nor day to dark declines, For, from the Father’s face, a light Of reconcilement shines.

From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John

But if you withdrew your love—if, after punishment inflicted, you still kept an averted countenance—if no reconcilement were sought and fostered, there would be no reformation in your chastisement.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

One's reconcilement with Christmas is due neither to one's stomach nor to a taste for the wit and wisdom of cracker manufacturers.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert

The wooing with music, which captures the Irish maiden’s heart, the flight, pursuit, marriage and reconcilement, are told with animation.

From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Duffy, Charles Gavan

This is the old, old problem that has taxed the brains of many a philosopher and the faith of many a theologian—the reconcilement of the existence of evil with an omnipotent God.

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald