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1. Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
   "The scientists had to reconcile the new results with the existing theories";
   - accommodate, conciliate
    
2. Bring into consonance or accord
   "reconcile one's goals with one's abilities";
   - harmonize, harmonise [Brit]
    
3. Come to terms
   "After some discussion we finally reconciled";
   - patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
    
4. Accept as inevitable
   "He reconciled himself to his fate";
   - resign, submit

Derived forms: reconciling, reconciles, reconciled

Type of: accept, adjust, agree, concord, concur, correct, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, hold, set

Encyclopedia: Reconcile