reconciliation
part of speech
noun (reconciliation, reconciliations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Making friends again after an argument or fight. tree →
2) Making two ideas or facts agree when they seemed different. tree →
3) (church) In the Catholic Church, the sacrament of Reconciliation (confession), where Catholics believe sins are forgiven. tree →
4) (money) Checking that two sets of numbers match, like a bank statement and your own record. tree →
sense in the lessons
In ethics and PSHE lessons, reconciliation follows conflict: saying sorry and forgiving. In history, «Truth and Reconciliation» in South Africa; reconciliation with Aboriginal people in Australia and First Nations in Canada. In church, children prepare for first Reconciliation. Phrases: «bring about reconciliation», «the sacrament of reconciliation», «National Reconciliation Week» (Australia).
examples
- After the fight, the two friends had a happy reconciliation. tree →
- Mum helped bring about a reconciliation between my brother and me. tree →
- Catholics go to Reconciliation to confess their sins. tree →
- Australia holds National Reconciliation Week. tree →
- Christians believe Jesus brought reconciliation between God and people. tree →
- The bank reconciliation showed a mistake of five pounds. tree →
- The teacher talked about forgiveness and reconciliation. tree →
- Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement. tree →
note
Verb «reconcile». Spelling: re-con-cil-i-a-tion. Reconciliation needs both sides; one person can forgive, but reconciliation means coming back together. Say «Catholics believe» for the sacrament.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «reconciliation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.