Word Frequency
reconcile (ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl
)
Definitions
verb
- 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
ˈreconˌcilement nounˈreconˌciler noun
reconciliation (ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən
) noun
) nounreconciliatory (ˌrɛkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ
; -trɪ) adjective
; -trɪ) adjectiveWord Origin
C14: from Latin reconciliāre to bring together again, from re- + conciliāre to make friendly, conciliateSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = make peace between, reunite, propitiate, bring to terms, restore harmony between, re-establish friendly relations between
Translations for 'reconcile'
- British English: reconcile If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed or completely different, you find a way in which they can both be true or both be successful. VERBIt's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father.
- Brazilian Portuguese: reconciliar
- Chinese: 使和谐一致使和谐諧一致
- European Spanish: reconciliar
- French: concilier
- German: in Einklang bringen
- Italian: conciliare
- Japanese: 調和を取る
- Korean: 조화시키다
- Portuguese: reconciliar
- Spanish: conciliar
Example Sentences Including 'reconcile'
A. We have to see how to reconcile our security concerns with the world's non-proliferation agenda.India Today (1998)
According to George Bernard Shaw: "Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
He could not reconcile the endless, unchanging blankness with any idea he had formed of personal grief.The Last Raven
He was the first to speak up for his people's rights and tried to reconcile whites and blacks in the 1830s.New Zealand Herald (2003)
I tried to reconcile that thought with the fact that he now rested somewhere under the surf at the foot of a rocky cliff.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
It was not immediately possible to reconcile whether one Australian was killed or two.Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)
She's as desperate and needy as him and, after her betrayal, now wants to reconcile.Globe and Mail (2003)
Somehow he couldn't reconcile this pile of bones with the living, breathing girl he remembered.LOST SUMMER (2002)
This pragmatic approach concedes that little can be done to reconcile the information demands of theory with the available data.Competing in a Global Economy
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