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Vinony

reconcile

verb

  1. to bring to agreement, accommodate, settle, accept
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/ / /ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/ / /ˈɹekənsɑel/

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Italic *kelō Latin calō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin concilium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin conciliō Latin reconciliōbor. English reconcile Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

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

    “to reconcile people who have quarrelled”

    “to wait until others have reconciled”

  2. To make things compatible or consistent.

    “to reconcile differences”

    “Some Figures monstrous and mis-shap'd appear, Consider'd singly, or beheld too near, Which, but proportion'd to their Light, or Place, Due Distance reconciles to Form and Grace”

  3. To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.