reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
reconcilement
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a word derived from
reconcile.
Example Sentences
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And sin and death no longer reign, Nor day to dark declines, For, from the Father’s face, a light Of reconcilement shines.
From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John
Only no sacrifices were offered for children, because, as they had departed unstained by intercourse with earthly things, they needed no further reconcilement.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
But if you withdrew your love—if, after punishment inflicted, you still kept an averted countenance—if no reconcilement were sought and fostered, there would be no reformation in your chastisement.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
In trying to obtain all these advantages there seem almost insuperable difficulties in the reconcilement of these diverse conditions.
It is diverting to remark how these mutual admirers clash on the clearest point, with not a possibility of reconcilement.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
