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   rec·on·cile

   /ˈrekənˌsīl/

   verb

   • 1. restore friendly relations between: "she wanted to be reconciled with her father"
   • ▪ cause to coexist in harmony; make or show to be compatible: "a landscape in which inner and outer vision were reconciled" Similar make compatibleharmonizesquaremake harmonioussynthesizemake congruentcause to be in agreementcause to sit happily/easily withadjustbalanceattunerare:syncretize
   • ▪ make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed: "it is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts"
   • ▪ settle (a disagreement): "advice on how to reconcile the conflict" Similar reunitebring (back) together (again)restore friendly relations betweenrestore harmony betweenmake peace betweenresolve differences betweenbring to termspacifyappeaseplacatepropitiatemollifyrare:conciliatesettleresolvepatch upsort outsmooth overiron output to rightsmendremedyhealcurerectifyOpposite estrangealienate
   • ▪ make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing): "he could not reconcile himself to the thought of his mother stocking shelves" Similar acceptcome to acceptresign oneself tocome to terms withlearn to live withget used tomake the best ofsubmit toaccommodate oneself toadjust oneself tobecome accustomed toacclimatize oneself togrin and bear itinformal:like it or lump it

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare ‘bring together’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reconcilement noun
   • 2. reconciler noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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