In international relations, a rapprochement, which comes from the French word rapprocher (`to bring together`), is a re-establishment of cordial relations, as between two countries. In the political scene of an individual country, rapprochement means the bringing together of diverse political factions as, for example, during metapolitefsi in Gre..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapprochement
Improvement of relations between two formerly antagonistic states, such as the agreement between Britain and France in 1904 which ended decades of colonial rivalry. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
Rap`proche`ment' noun [ French, from rapprocher to cause to approach again. See Re- ; Approach .] 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 ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/11