Dictionary

reconcile en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɹekənsɑel/ (Australia)
• /ɹɪˈkɒnsaɪl/ (obsolete)
• [ˈɹekənsɑe̯l] (New-Zealand)
• (California) audio
• /ˈɹekənsaɪl/ (New-Zealand)

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.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) 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. (transitive) To make things compatible or consistent.
   • The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state. 1693, [John Locke], “§2015”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
   • 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 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
   • to reconcile differences
   • 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. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 151:
3. (transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Forms

Deriveds

reconcilee · reconcilingly · reconcilement · unreconciled · reconciliation · reconciler · unreconciling · irreconcile · reconcilable · unreconcile · reconcilability

Relateds

conciliate

Translations (100)

ro reconcilia (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · es conciliar (to make things compatible or consistent) · ar أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ru помири́ться (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · fr concilier (to make things compatible or consistent) · ro reconcilia (to make things compatible or consistent) · fr réconcilier (to make things compatible or consistent) · de versöhnen (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl równać (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · nl verzoenen (to make things compatible or consistent) · pl jednać (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · sw kupatanisha (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · rgn curdêr (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl zrównać (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · az barışdırmaq (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · zdj usuluhisha (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · sv förlika (to make things compatible or consistent) · nl verzoenen (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cs smířit (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · it riconciliare (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ang friþsumian (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl pojednać się (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · fi täsmäyttää (to make things compatible or consistent) · fi sovitella (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · tl makipagbati (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl pogodzić (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · no forsone (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cs srovnat (to make things compatible or consistent) · ru примири́ть (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · it rappacificare (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · it riunire (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · el συμβιβάζω (to make things compatible or consistent) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐍉𐌽 (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · tr barışmak (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cs vyrovnat (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · sv försona (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl wyrównać (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · pt reconciliar (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ru примири́ться (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cs srovnat (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · hu kibékít (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ro împăca (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · yi אויסאיינען (to make things compatible or consistent) · fi täsmäyttää (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · az ortaq məxrəcə gətirmək (to make things compatible or consistent) · grc συμβιβάζω (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl jednać się (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ko 화해하다 (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · it riconciliare (to make things compatible or consistent) · az barışmaq (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · eo bilanci (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · pl pogodzić się (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl godzić (to make things compatible or consistent) · pl godzić się (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · th คืนดี (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · egy s-t:w-t-A53-Y1 (to make things compatible or consistent) · it quagliare (to make things compatible or consistent) · ru примиря́ть (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · grc καταλλάσσω (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cmn 對賬 /对账 (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · ru помири́ть (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · it conciliare (to make things compatible or consistent) · it conciliare (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · hu összebékít (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · el συμφιλιώνω (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · hu összeegyeztet (to make things compatible or consistent) · pl wyrównywać (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · ru примиря́ться (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl pogodzić (to make things compatible or consistent) · bg помирявам (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · es avenir (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · hy բարիշել (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cs smířit se (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cmn 調和 /调和 (to make things compatible or consistent) · ar وَفَّقَ (to make things compatible or consistent) · qu allipanakuy (to make things compatible or consistent) · ja 和解させる (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · tl magbati (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · hy հաշտվել (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽 (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · bg сдобрявам (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · tl magbati (to make things compatible or consistent) · es reconciliar (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · fr réconcilier (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · cs usmířit se (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · de versöhnen (to make things compatible or consistent) · pl pojednać (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · it quadrare (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · cs urovnat (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · bg съгласувам (to make things compatible or consistent) · nl reconciliëren (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pl godzić (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ar وَفَّقَ بَيْنَ (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · bg изравнявам (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance) · cs sladit (to make things compatible or consistent) · sq pajtoj (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · ja 仲直りさせる (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · pt reconciliar (to make things compatible or consistent) · tr barıştırmak (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)) · kk татуластыру (to restore a friendly relationship (transitive))