reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
reconciled
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past participleof reconcile.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reconcile.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reconcileverb (used with object)to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
Example Sentences
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Phobos' present-day gravity field, shape, density, spectral properties, and changing orbit must all be reconciled within a single geophysical model.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Last week, another emotional documentary chronicling the tour - and featuring the reconciled brothers' first joint interview since their acrimonious split in 2009 - was released in UK cinemas, following its premiere in Venice.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It must be reconciled with the desire of medical professionals not to work for free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The two eventually reconciled, though Feinstein stuck with members of the team that replaced Reilly and helped guide her to successive terms in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
But something began to happen, the more she tormented her father—a different kind of division within her, and one not so easily reconciled at night’s end.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
