rapprochement

noun

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

1. The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.

   “It was the Nixon administration that saw the rapprochement between the United States and China.”

   “The inauguration of a liberal order of things, a rapprochement of the [First French] Empire with constitutionalism and Parliamentary government, had been expected from the Speech from the Throne now just given. This expectation is completely disappointed by the speech. …”