What does reconcile mean?
Reconcile means (ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony..
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/ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony..
to reconcile people who have quarrelled
to wait until others have reconciled
to reconcile differences
Some Figures monstrous and mis-shap'd appear, Consider'd singly, or beheld too near, Which, but proportion'd to their Light, or Place, Due Distance reconciles to Form and Grace
The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.
Use reconcile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reconcile means (ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony..
Common synonyms include conciliate, accommodate, settle, submit.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
to reconcile people who have quarrelled
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