'Rapprochement' definitions:
Definition of 'rapprochement'
From: WordNet
noun
The reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: reconciliation, rapprochement]
Definition of 'Rapprochement'
From: GCIDE
- Rapprochement \Rap`proche`ment"\, n. [F., fr. rapprocher to cause to approach again. See Re-; Approach.] Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and Austria. --Wilfrid Ward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'rapprochement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agape,
- agreement,
- amity,
- bonds of harmony,
- brotherly love,
- caritas,
- cement of friendship,
- charity,
- communion,
- community,
- community of interests,
- compatibility,
- concord,
- concordance,
- congeniality,
- correspondence,
- empathy,
- esprit,
- esprit de corps,
- feeling of identity,
- fellow feeling,
- fellowship,
- frictionlessness,
- good vibes,
- good vibrations,
- happy family,
- harmonizing,
- harmony,
- identity,
- kinship,
- like-mindedness,
- love,
- making up,
- mutuality,
- oneness,
- peace,
- rapport,
- reciprocity,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- reunion,
- settlement,
- sharing,
- solidarity,
- sympathy,
- symphony,
- team spirit,
- understanding,
- union,
- unison,
- unity