reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
reconciles
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present tense formof reconcile (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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There is nothing that reconciles those two decisions through any logic or law.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
Until this hypothetical key to the mysteries puts a bow on string theory and reconciles quantum and classical mechanics, don’t bother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Another early highlight, Reliquia, chops and splices a chamber quartet into unrecognisable electronic patterns, as Rosalía reconciles herself to the idea that she loves too hard, and locates the beauty in that vulnerability.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
More like a short story, recounting the evening from Hart’s point of view as he reconciles with the fact that his former creative partner Richard Rodgers has created a hit with Oscar Hammerstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
It stops the mouths of lions and reconciles our sufferance and weak faculties with the violence of torment and sharpness of persecution.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
