Conciliate \Con*cil"i*ate\ (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conciliated}; p. pr & vb. n. {Conciliating}.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See {Council}.] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam.
Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.
"In an effort to conciliate, I have put all seven of the president's proposals in" the bill, Sen. Bentsen said.
Mrs. Chamorro took office April 25 after defeating the leftist Sandinistas by a landslide in elections three months before, and one her campaign's main promises was to help bring peace and conciliate feuding factions.