reconcile
/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/verb3 syllables
Reconcile means: come to terms.
Synonyms for reconcile9
verb, as in come to terms
verb, as in make (one thing) compatible with (another)
verb, as in bring into consonance or accord
harmonize, harmonise
What does reconcile mean?4
verb
1
come to terms“After some discussion we finally made up”
2
make (one thing) compatible with (another)“The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories”
3
bring into consonance or accord“harmonize one's goals with one's abilities”
4
accept as inevitable“He resigned himself to his fate”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Reconcile in a sentence
- I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.stebnbr
- I might as well kill myself as reconcile myself to my fate.unknown
- I asked him to reconcile them with each other.unknown
- Maybe the village elders will intervene to reconcile them.Djef_Messaoudi
- How is it possible to reconcile work and private life?al_ex_an_der
- It's best not to try to reconcile the contradictions.shekitten
- My mother attempted to reconcile the couple.unknown
- My mother tried to reconcile the couple.papabear
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of reconcile
as a verb
- past tense
- reconciled
- present participle
- reconciling
- third-person singular
- reconciles
- past participle
- reconciled