Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rapprochement \Rap`proche`ment"\, n. [F., fr. 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 and Austria.                      --Wilfrid
                                                  Ward.

Source : WordNet®

rapprochement
     n : the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: {reconciliation}]