reconcile
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: to reconcile hostile persons.
to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.).
to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent: to reconcile differing statements;to reconcile accounts.
to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, cemetery, etc.).
to restore (an excommunicate or penitent) to communion in a church.
to become reconciled.
Origin of reconcile
1Other words for reconcile
Opposites for reconcile
Other words from reconcile
- rec·on·cile·ment, noun
- rec·on·cil·er, noun
- rec·on·cil·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·rec·on·cile, verb (used with object), pre·rec·on·ciled, pre·rec·on·cil·ing.
- pre·rec·on·cile·ment, noun
- qua·si-rec·on·ciled, adjective
- un·rec·on·ciled, adjective
- un·rec·on·cil·ing, adjective
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How to use reconcile in a sentence
Using current banking technology and practices, Timsit says, buying and selling securities is a surprisingly lengthy process, mired in a tangle of escrow and confirmations as trading desks and corporate treasuries reconcile deposits and trades.
These two sides of Smith — the impressive generosity on one and the admitted tax evasion on the other — may be hard to reconcile.
A dodgy deal helped make him a billionaire. It worked, until now. | Peter Whoriskey, Yeganeh Torbati, Keith L. Alexander | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostLeadership that attempts to reconcile the divide will require an awareness of the diversity of this country that critics of both parties argue each side of the political spectrum lacks.
What’s the mandate for the next president? It’s harder than it’s ever been to answer that. | Eugene Scott | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostFor manufacturers that sell their own products, maintaining consistent information on both platforms can help Google reconcile product details.
How to get the most out of Google’s product Knowledge Panels | George Nguyen | November 2, 2020 | Search Engine LandI had to recognize all of these things and reconcile them, and I was happy to do it.
If I may say so, it is the heart alone which reconciles things so opposed to one another, and allows incompatibilities.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreTime, which gradually reconciles us to all things, produced the same effect on her as on others.
If a quarrel arises between two of them, they go to him; if two friends fall out, it is he who reconciles them.
Cuore (Heart) | Edmondo De AmicisThe beautiful reconciles the contrast of different natures in its simplest and purest expression.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerNature reconciles man with himself; art divides and disunites him; the ideal brings him back to unity.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich Schiller
British Dictionary definitions for reconcile
/ (ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl) /
(often passive usually foll by to) to make (oneself or another) no longer opposed; cause to acquiesce in something unpleasant: she reconciled herself to poverty
to become friendly with (someone) after estrangement or to re-establish friendly relations between (two or more people)
to settle (a quarrel or difference)
to make (two apparently conflicting things) compatible or consistent with each other
to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, etc)
Origin of reconcile
1Derived forms of reconcile
- reconcilement, noun
- reconciler, noun
- reconciliation (ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən), noun
- reconciliatory (ˌrɛkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective
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