reconcile

[rek-uhn-sahyl]

verb (used with object), rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing.

to become reconciled.

Origin of reconcile

1300–50; Middle English reconcilen < Latin reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate

Related formsrec·on·cile·ment, nounrec·on·cil·er, nounrec·on·cil·ing·ly, adverbpre·rec·on·cile, verb (used with object), pre·rec·on·ciled, pre·rec·on·cil·ing.pre·rec·on·cile·ment, nounqua·si-rec·on·ciled, adjectiveun·rec·on·ciled, adjectiveun·rec·on·cil·ing, adjective

Synonyms for reconcile

2. pacify, propitiate, placate. 4. harmonize.

Antonyms for reconcile

3. anger.

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Examples from the Web for unreconciled

Contemporary Examples of unreconciled

Grimm inquired if there had even been “unreconciled differences” prior to the implosion.
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Michael Daly
December 16, 2011
My CFO told me that there was an unreconciled difference with our segregated accounts.
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Historical Examples of unreconciled

The first trial had been irregular; the country was then unreconciled.
The Reign of Mary Tudor
W. Llewelyn Williams.
It is not we who are unreconciled to them: it is they who refuse to be reconciled to us.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864
Various
It became the reign of the unreconstructed and unreconciled.
Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy
Thomas Mealey Harris
I was unreconciled; Ananta got no more from me than a severe upbraiding.
Autobiography of a YOGI
Paramhansa Yogananda
If I married you I should remember, unreconciled, what you cost me.
The Fighting Chance
Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for unreconciled

reconcile

verb (tr)

(often passive usually foll by to) to make (oneself or another) no longer opposed; cause to acquiesce in something unpleasantshe 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)

Derived Formsreconcilement, nounreconciler, nounreconciliation (ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən), nounreconciliatory (ˌrɛkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective

Word Origin for reconcile

C14: from Latin reconciliāre to bring together again, from re- + conciliāre to make friendly, conciliate

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Word Origin and History for unreconciled

adj.

mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of reconcile.

reconcile

mid-14c., of persons, from Old French reconcilier (12c.) and directly from Latin reconcilare "to bring together again; regain; win over again, conciliate," from re- "again" (see re-) + concilare "make friendly" (see conciliate). Reflexive sense is recorded from 1530s. Meaning "to make (discordant facts or statements) consistent" is from late 14c. Intransitive sense of "become reconciled" is from 1660s. Related: Reconciled; reconciling.