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rapprochement

rapp·roc·he·ment

UK/ɹəˈpɹɒʃmɒ̃/ US/ɹæ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

the reestablishing of cordial relations

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French rapprochement (“act or process of getting closer together; link (between two things)”).

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