Irenicon

A proposal, statement, or writing intended to promote peace or reconciliation.

Reach for it when naming a formal peace-making intervention, especially in religious or scholarly disagreement

The essay was offered as an irenicon between the two schools of interpretation.

• playful

  olive branch

  a conciliatory gesture suits familiar language

  not when Olive branch is figurative and may be symbolic rather than substantive.

• professional

  mediation paper

  a neutral document frames common ground and options

  not when Mediation paper is procedural and not an established equivalent in every context.

• professional

  peace proposal

  specific terms for ending conflict are presented

  not when A peace proposal is more concrete and may involve political negotiation.

• formal

  accord

  the parties have reached an agreement

  not when An accord is the achieved result, while an irenicon is an attempt.

• formal

  reconciliation statement

  a text seeks restored relations

  not when A statement can express goodwill without offering a workable path.

• polemic
• provocation
• ultimatum

• offer an irenicon

  The scholar chose to offer an irenicon instead of another rebuttal.

• serve as an irenicon

  The shared declaration may serve as an irenicon without settling doctrine.

• written irenicon

  A carefully written irenicon identified agreement before disputed terms.

Irenicon is rare and historically associated with religious controversy. Peace proposal or reconciliation statement is clearer in ordinary prose.