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   reconcile

   /ˈrɛk(ə)nsʌɪl/

   verb

   • 1. restore friendly relations between: "the king and the archbishop were publicly reconciled"
   • ▪ settle (a quarrel): "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 or show to be compatible: "the agreement had to be reconciled with the city's new international relations policy" Similar make compatibleharmonizesquaremake harmonioussynthesizemake congruentcause to be in agreementcause to sit happily/easily withadjustbalanceattunerare:syncretize
   • ▪ make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing): "he was reconciled to leaving" 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
   • 2. 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"

   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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