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reconcile
Dictionary result for reconcile
/ˈrɛk(ə)nsʌɪl/
verb
verb: reconcile; 3rd person present: reconciles; past tense: reconciled; past participle: reconciled; gerund or present participle: reconciling
1.
restore friendly relations between.
"the king and the archbishop were publicly reconciled"
settle (a quarrel).
"advice on how to reconcile the conflict"
synonyms: reunite, bring (back) together (again), restore friendly relations between, restore harmony between, make peace between, resolve differences between, bring to terms; More
pacify, appease, placate, propitiate, mollify;
rareconciliate
"the news reconciled us"
settle, resolve, patch up, sort out, smooth over, iron out, put to rights, mend, remedy, heal, cure, rectify
"the quarrel was reconciled"
antonyms: estrange, alienate
make or show to be compatible.
"the agreement had to be reconciled with the city's new international relations policy"
synonyms: make compatible, harmonize, square, make harmonious, synthesize, make congruent, cause to be in agreement, cause to sit happily/easily with; More
adjust, balance, attune;
raresyncretize
"it wasn't easy trying to reconcile his religious beliefs with his career"
make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing).
"he was reconciled to leaving"
synonyms: accept, come to accept, resign oneself to, come to terms with, learn to live with, get used to, make the best of, submit to, accommodate oneself to, adjust oneself to, become accustomed to, acclimatize oneself to; More
grin and bear it;
informallike it or lump it
"the creditors had to reconcile themselves to drastic losses of income and capital"
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"