# reconciliation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ · frequency rank #10,921

## Definitions
1. The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
2. The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
3. Religious senses.
4. Religious senses.
5. Religious senses.
6. Religious senses.
7. A special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
8. The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.

## Etymology
From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.

## Common misspellings (21)
`erconciliation`, `rceonciliation`, `recconciliation`, `recnociliation`, `recocniliation`, `reconcciliation`, `reconciilation`, `reconcilaition`, `reconciliaiton`, `reconciliasion`, `reconciliatino`, `reconciliationn`, `reconciliatoin`, `reconciliattion`, `reconcilitaion`, `reconcilliation`, `reconcliiation`, `reconicliation`, `reconnciliation`, `reocnciliation`, `rreconciliation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reconciliation