Both Uses of
conciliatory
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Armand St. Just, the brother of beautiful Lady Blakeney—though known to hold moderate and conciliatory views—was an ardent republican; his feud with the ancient family of St. Cyr—the rights and wrongs of which no outsider ever knew—had culminated in the downfall, the almost total extinction of the latter.†
Chpt 5
- Evidently he had no desire to terrorize the man, but to conciliate him, for his own purposes, for his manner was pleasant and suave.
Chpt 26 *conciliate = attempt to end bad feelings or build trust
Definitions:
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(1)
(conciliatory) intended to end bad feelings or build trust
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The form, conciliation, can also mean to mediate a disagreement, or reference a state of good will that follows a reconciliation.