What does conciliate mean?
Conciliate means (transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure..
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/ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/ · verb
(transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure..
Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.
It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […].
`Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
Use conciliate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Conciliate means (transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure..
Common synonyms include assuage, placate, accommodate, appease.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.
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