reconciliation
noun
rec·on·cil·i·a·tion
ˌre-kən-ˌsi-lē-ˈā-shən 
1
: the action of reconciling : the state of being reconciled
2
: the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance
3
US government
: a legislative process that enables expedited passage of a bill relating to certain matters in the federal budget by a simple majority of votes
used reconciliation to repeal the bill passed during the prior session of Congress
Aides to senior House Republicans said Thursday that committee chairmen were meeting now to decide whether a budget plan … will include parliamentary language, known as reconciliation instructions, that would allow much of a Republican health care plan to pass the filibuster-prone Senate with a simple majority.—
Jonathan Weisman
Examples of reconciliation in a Sentence
Signing the trade agreement was praised as an act of reconciliation between the two countries.
He contacted us in hopes of a reconciliation.
a reconciliation of opposing views
Recent Examples on the Web
The final product must be deficit-neutral to comply with reconciliation rules.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
In the Republican tax reform bill in 2017, repealing the Johnson Amendment failed due to the Senate's reconciliation rules.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Gino notably avoided eye contact while Jasmine discussed her pregnancy, highlighting just how much had changed since their apparent reconciliation.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
By using budget reconciliation rules, the GOP is seeking to sidestep a filibuster in the Senate.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Reconciliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconciliation. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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