verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony. ambitransitive

   "to reconcile people who have quarrelled"

2. 2
   bring into consonance or accord wordnet
3. 3
   To make things compatible or consistent. transitive

   "to reconcile differences"

4. 4
   make (one thing) compatible with (another) wordnet
5. 5
   To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance. transitive

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6. 6
   accept as inevitable wordnet
7. 7
   come to terms wordnet

Synonyms

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accommodateharmonizeresignacceptaccommodateaccommodate with

Antonyms

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confusevie

Example

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

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