The labor dispute was resolved through conciliation, with a neutral third party facilitating dialogue between management and workers.
这场劳资纠纷通过调解得以解决，中立的第三方促进了管理层与工人之间的对话。
Which choice best defines “conciliation”?
D — The action of stopping someone from being angry. “conciliation” means the action of stopping someone from being angry.
Which word means “the action of stopping someone from being angry”?
D — conciliation. “conciliation” means the action of stopping someone from being angry.
conciliation — the action of stopping someone from being angry. In Chinese: 调解.
conciliation is pronounced /kənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən/.
The labor dispute was resolved through conciliation, with a neutral third party facilitating dialogue between management and workers. (这场劳资纠纷通过调解得以解决，中立的第三方促进了管理层与工人之间的对话。)
mediation, appeasement, reconciliation — all close in meaning to conciliation (the action of stopping someone from being angry).
provocation, confrontation — each the opposite of conciliation (the action of stopping someone from being angry).
Yes. conciliation is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.