CONCILIATE


Meaning of CONCILIATE in English

con ‧ cil ‧ i ‧ ate /kənˈsɪlieɪt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] formal

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of conciliare 'to bring together, unite' , from concilium ; ⇨ ↑ council ]

to do something to make people more likely to stop arguing, especially by giving them something they want:

efforts to conciliate the unions

—conciliator noun [countable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.