Associations to the word «Conciliatory»

Wiktionary

CONCILIATORY, adjective. Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

Dictionary definition

CONCILIATORY, adjective. Making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet".
CONCILIATORY, adjective. Intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.