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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Rapprochement

/răpˌ-rōshˌ-män'/ · Rap·proche·ment · IPA /ɹæpɹoʊʃˈmɑn/
01 n. Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations.
  1. 1.
    Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations.
    “He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and Austria.” — Wilfrid Ward.