reconcile
reconcile Lexical Profile
reconcile Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To restore friendly relations between estranged people or groups, or to settle a quarrel or dispute.
"After years of estrangement, the two brothers finally managed to reconcile their differences."
To cause two apparently conflicting beliefs, ideas, or facts to coexist in harmony or be compatible.
"The historian struggled to reconcile the eyewitness testimony with the official archival records."
To make one financial account consistent with another, especially by identifying and resolving discrepancies.
"The accounting department must reconcile the monthly bank statements before closing the quarterly books."
To make someone or oneself accept a disagreeable or unwelcome situation.
"She eventually had to reconcile herself to the fact that she would never return to her childhood home."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French reconcilier, from Latin reconciliare ('to bring together again, regain, win over'), formed from re- ('again') and conciliare ('to make friendly, unite'), from concilium ('assembly, council').