reconcile

UK /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/ US /ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/

verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, difficult, hard, possible, private, settled, trying, willing

VERB + RECONCILE

asked, attempted, decided, kill, let's, struggled, tried, try

RECONCILE + NOUN

career, differences, family, layla, life, myself, opinions, people

PREP.

than, with, with

Definitions

verb

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 make things compatible or consistent.

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

To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — bring into consonance or accord

harmonize
harmonise

verb — make (one thing) compatible with (another)

verb — accept as inevitable

verb — come to terms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

to reconcile people who have quarrelled

Wiktionary

to wait until others have reconciled

Wiktionary

to reconcile differences

Wiktionary

I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.

Tatoeba · #26538

And at times when I became discouraged with trying to reconcile working and bringing up children, it was my husband who helped to maintain my determination.

Tatoeba · #50786

I might as well kill myself as reconcile myself to my fate.

Tatoeba · #264651

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