reconcile
verbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹɛkənsaɪl//
- Canada//ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl//
- Australia//ˈɹekənsɑel//
- New Zealand//ˈɹekənsaɪl//
- New Zealand/[ˈɹekənsɑe̯l]/
To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
verb
- 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
The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.
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
Since all men are by nature egoists and morality can only be rationalized egoism, the problem is to devise a form of social organization that will reconcile the selfish interests of each with the needs of all.
- 3
To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.
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 *kalō Latin calō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin concilium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin conciliō Latin reconciliōbor. English reconcile Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.
Forms
- past tense
- reconciled
- past participle
- reconciled
- present participle
- reconciling
- third person singular
- reconciles
reconcile · To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
reconciliation · The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation,…reconnaissance · The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or…reconnect · To connect again or differently.