reconcile
[ rek-uhn-sahyl ]
/ ˈrɛk ənˌsaɪl /
verb (used with object), rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing.
verb (used without object), rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing.
to become reconciled.
Origin of reconcile
1300–50; Middle English
reconcilen < Latin
reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See
re-,
conciliate
SYNONYMS FOR reconcile
4
harmonize.
OTHER WORDS FROM reconcile
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British Dictionary definitions for reconcilement
reconcile
/ (ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl) /
verb (tr)
(often passive usually foll by to)
to make (oneself or another) no longer opposed; cause to acquiesce in something unpleasant
she reconciled herself to poverty
to become friendly with (someone) after estrangement or to re-establish friendly relations between (two or more people)
to settle (a quarrel or difference)
to make (two apparently conflicting things) compatible or consistent with each other
to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, etc)
Derived forms of reconcile
reconcilement, noun reconciler, noun reconciliation (ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən), noun reconciliatory (ˌrɛkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ, -trɪ), adjectiveWord Origin for reconcile
C14: from Latin
reconciliāre to bring together again, from
re- +
conciliāre to make friendly,
conciliate