reconciliation

noun

1. 1

   The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.

   “He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.”

2. 2

   The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement.

3. 3

   A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.

4. 4

   Process of matching, comparing and agreeing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement, including list of explainable differences.