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rec·on·cile

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n-sahyl] Pronunciation Key verb, -ciled, -cil·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.

2.	to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: to reconcile hostile persons.

3.	to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.).

4.	to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent: to reconcile differing statements; to reconcile accounts.

5.	to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, cemetery, etc.).

6.	to restore (an excommunicate or penitent) to communion in a church.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to become reconciled.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME reconcilen < L reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate

]

—Related forms

rec·on·cile·ment, noun

rec·on·cil·er, noun

rec·on·cil·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. pacify, propitiate, placate. 4. harmonize.

—Antonyms 3. anger.

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rec·on·cile Audio Help   (rěk'ən-sīl') Pronunciation Key
v.   rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles

v.   tr.

To reestablish a close relationship between.
To settle or resolve.
To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.
To make compatible or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours. See Synonyms at adapt.

v. intr.

To reestablish a close relationship, as in marriage: The estranged couple reconciled after a year.
To become compatible or consistent: The figures would not reconcile.

[Middle English reconcilen, from Old French reconcilier, from Latin reconciliāre : re-, re- + conciliāre, to conciliate; see conciliate.]

rec'on·cile'ment n., rec'on·cil'er n., rec'on·cil'i·a·to'ry (-sĭl'ē-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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