Antonyms for rapprochement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rap-rohsh-mahn; French ra-prawsh-mahn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌræp roʊʃˈmɑ̃; French ra prɔʃˈmɑ̃

Definition of rapprochement

Origin : "establishment of cordial relations," 1809, from French rapprochement "reunion, reconciliation," literally "a bringing near," from rapprocher "bring near," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + aprochier (see approach (v.)).

noun restoration of harmony

Example sentences :

As there is to be no rapprochement to us, what I can say may not avail.
Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker

Even English attempts at a rapprochement must not blind us to the real situation.
Extract from : « The German War » by Arthur Conan Doyle

For the rapprochement was scarcely a normal, schoolgirl intimacy.
Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane

The Chancellor was instructed to prepare a rapprochement with France.
Extract from : « The Kaiser's Memoirs » by William II, German Emperor

It had evidently been assumed that the time had come for a rapprochement.
Extract from : « The German Emperor as Shown in his Public Utterances » by Christian Gauss

This was the object of the policy of a rapprochement with England.
Extract from : « Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 » by Various

In the early 1970s the polemics were reduced to a minor level, and constructive talks leading to a rapprochement began to occur.
Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

His inclination to a rapprochement with Russia is not shared by his Ministers.
Extract from : « The Unveiling of Lhasa » by Edmund Candler

That was the aim of our policy of rapprochement with England.
Extract from : « Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 » by Various

Truth to tell, the rapprochement between the brother and sister was not productive of entire satisfaction to Mr. Sandford.
Extract from : « Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 2 of 3 » by Julie Bosville Chetwynd

Synonyms for rapprochement

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