reconciliation
noun
rec·on·cil·i·a·tion
ˌre-kən-ˌsi-lē-ˈā-shən 
1
: the action of reconciling : the state of being reconciled
2
: the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance
3
US government
: a legislative process that enables expedited passage of a bill relating to certain matters in the federal budget by a simple majority of votes
used reconciliation to repeal the bill passed during the prior session of Congress
Aides to senior House Republicans said Thursday that committee chairmen were meeting now to decide whether a budget plan … will include parliamentary language, known as reconciliation instructions, that would allow much of a Republican health care plan to pass the filibuster-prone Senate with a simple majority.—
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Jonathan WeismanExamples of reconciliation in a Sentence
Signing the trade agreement was praised as an act of reconciliation between the two countries.
He contacted us in hopes of a reconciliation.
a reconciliation of opposing views
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Find a system that will streamline vendor statement reconciliations to reduce your workload and strengthen communications and relationships.
—Laurent Charpentier, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Amid the stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington, Kim has been dialing up pressure on South Korea, abandoning his country’s long-standing goal of inter-Korean reconciliation and verbally threatening to attack the South with nukes if provoked.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
If children witness disagreements, model reconciliation by showing how to apologize and find solutions together.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The idea would be to use budget reconciliation to gain lawmakers' approval to reduce the share paid by the federal government for the expansion population.
—Julie Rovner, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
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Laurent Charpentier, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Amid the stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington, Kim has been dialing up pressure on South Korea, abandoning his country’s long-standing goal of inter-Korean reconciliation and verbally threatening to attack the South with nukes if provoked.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
If children witness disagreements, model reconciliation by showing how to apologize and find solutions together.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The idea would be to use budget reconciliation to gain lawmakers' approval to reduce the share paid by the federal government for the expansion population.
—Julie Rovner, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Reconciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconciliation. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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