Reconcile

Quick meaning: Reconcile is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To make things compatible or consistent.
2. (accounting, transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Example Sentences

to reconcile differences

to wait until others have reconciled

to reconcile people who have quarrelled

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.

Word Forms

• reconciles
• reconciling
• reconciled
• reconciliate

Synonyms for reconcile

Depending on context, synonyms include conciliate, accommodate, settle, submit, resign, make up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include settle, conciliate, accommodate, patch up, submit, resign.

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