conciliation n. (1)和解 指争议双方以友好协商、达成一致的方式来解决争议。 (2)调解 通常在劳资争议中由中立的第三方为争议双方进行调停，以寻求争议的解决。 (3)(国际法)调停 指将争端提交某委员会解决的程序，该委员会的任务是阐明事实，提出解决争端的建议，但其建议不具有仲裁裁决或判决的约束力。 (→arbitration; court of conciliation; mediation; pretrial conference; settlement)
conciliation, n. 1. A settlement of a dispute in an agreeable manner. 2. A process in which a neutral person meets with the parties to a dispute and explores how the dispute might be resolved; esp., a relatively unstructured method of dispute resolution in which a third party facilitates communication between parties in an attempt