reconcile
To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
Example
“to reconcile people who have quarrelled”
Other meanings
To make things compatible or consistent.
To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.
Synonyms
- accommodate
Related words
- irreconcile
- reconcilee
- reconcilement
- reconciler
- unreconcile
- unreconciled
- reconciliation
- reconcilable
- reconcilability
- reconcilingly
- unreconciling
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reconcile” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.