Tuesday, September 16, 2008

CONCILIATORY

reconciling

soothing

/making or willing to make concessions

intended to placate

SYN - compromising, flexible, conciliative, appease

"It was this conciliatory gesture that had allowed them to work peacfully together again."

"He was hoping that they both approached this visit with a hope to be conciliatory towards eachother."

"He gave up his authority over the swimming pool staff -- he had decided that this situation needed such conciliatory action for their to be any sort of resoltuion."

"Both groups would have to be able to make conciliatory steps if there was every going to be a strong partnership again."

No comments: