Definition of rapprochement

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rap·proche·ment    (räprôsh-mä) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries.
2. The state of reconciliation or of cordial relations.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from rapprocher, to bring together : re-, re- + approcher, to approach (from Old French aprochier; see approach )

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