English

Adjective

conciliant ‎(comparative more conciliant, superlative most conciliant)

1. conciliatory
   • 19C, Howard H. Brinton, Quaker Religious Thought: The Quaker Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, volume 1, number 1, Quaker Theological Discussion Group

     It is a conciliant authority, a joint authority expressed formatively and normatively through Bible, community, and Spirit

   • 1965, David Samuel Shwayder, The Stratification of Behaviour: A System of Definitions Propounded and Defended, page 384, Routledge & Kegan Paul

     Conciliant with the strategy of this section, I would stress the following:

   • 2003 October, Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet, Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality, page 250, Oxford University Press

     Sometimes our later acts will fit with our old reasons, because the new reasons rationalized by the old will justify only acts conciliant with the old. Other times, our acts will not be conciliant.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• calcitonin

French

Pronunciation

Verb

conciliant

1. present participle of concilier

Adjective

conciliant m ‎(feminine singular conciliante, masculine plural conciliants, feminine plural conciliantes)

1. conciliatory
2. manageable, tractable

Latin

Verb

conciliant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of conciliō