Verb: reconcile 're-kun,sI(-u)l
- Restore friendly relations after a disagreement or conflict
"After arguing, the sisters finally reconciled and hugged";
- patch up, make up, conciliate [archaic], settle
- Bring into consonance or accord
"reconcile one's goals with one's abilities";
- harmonize, harmonise [Brit]
- Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
"The scientists had to reconcile the new results with the existing theories";
- accommodate, conciliate
- 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