Reconciliators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals or groups who work to bring about peace and agreement between conflicting parties
2. Mediators who aim to resolve disputes and restore relationships through dialogue and understanding
3. Agents of harmony that facilitate negotiation and reconciliation among opposing views or interests

Etymology: "Reconciliators" is simply the plural of "reconciliator", a noun for someone who brings opposing parties back together. The base word is "reconcile", which descends from Latin "reconciliare", meaning to bring back together or restore, built from "re-" (back, again) and "conciliare" (to unite, to bring together, from "concilium", assembly). The Latin root also gave English "conciliate" and "council", so the same idea of gathering people into agreement runs through all three. The "-or" ending marks the person doing the action, the same pattern seen in "mediator" or "negotiator". Words in this family took shape in English through the late medieval period and grew more common as the idea of settling disputes through talk became a recognised concern.

Synonyms: mediators, arbiters, conciliators, settlers

Antonyms: aggressors, opposers