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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reconcile /ˈrɛk(ə)nsʌɪl/
▶verb
  • 1 restore friendly relations between.

    ■ settle (a quarrel).

  • 2 make or show to be compatible.
  • 3 (reconcile someone to) make someone accept (a disagreeable thing).
  • 4 make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed.
– derivatives
reconcilable adjective,
reconcilement noun,
reconciler noun,
reconciliatory adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. reconcilier or L. reconciliare, from L. re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare ‘bring together’.



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