Conciliatory

/kənˈsɪl.i.ə.tɔːr.i/ adjective medium

Intended to calm anger or settle a dispute; peace-making in tone.

The company issued a conciliatory statement, offering refunds to every customer affected by the outage.

Memory Trick

Conciliatory shares a root with 'reconcile' — both describe bringing opposing sides back together in peace.

Antonyms

Belligerent

Appears In

GRE — GRE Vocabulary — Group 3