reconcile
[ rek-uhn-sahyl ]
/ ˈrɛk ənˌsaɪl /
verb (used with object), rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing.
verb (used without object), rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing.
to become reconciled.
SYNONYMS FOR reconcile
4 harmonize.
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Origin of reconcile
1300–50; Middle English reconcilen<Latin reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate
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British Dictionary definitions for reconcile
reconcile
/ (ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl) /
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 forms of reconcile
reconcilement, nounreconciler, nounreconciliation (ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən), nounreconciliatory (ˌrɛkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ, -trɪ), adjectiveWord Origin for reconcile
C14: from Latin reconciliāre to bring together again, from re- + conciliāre to make friendly, conciliate
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