Definition of "rapprochement" []

• A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries. (noun)
• The state of reconciliation or of cordial relations. (noun)

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• "A goal of European rapprochement is to drive Damascus away from its regional ally Iran."
• "A great many well-meaning scholars believe that such rapprochement is both possible and desirable."
• "Here we come to the third reason why transatlantic rapprochement is so unlikely: the precipitous decline of European Christianity over the past three decades."