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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rec•on•cile /ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl/USA pronunciation   v., -ciled, -cil•ing. 
  1. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:[+ object + to + object]He was reconciled to his fate.
  2. to (cause to) become friendly or peaceable again, as by settling a quarrel: [+ object]to reconcile hostile persons.[no object]The husband and wife reconciled last week.
  3. to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.):[+ object]They have reconciled their differences.
  4. to bring into agreement:[+ object]reconciled financial accounts.
rec•on•cil•a•ble, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rec•on•cile  (rekən sīl′),USA pronunciation v., -ciled, -cil•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:He was reconciled to his fate.
  2. to win over to friendliness;
    cause to become amicable:to reconcile hostile persons.
  3. to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.).
  4. to bring into agreement or harmony;
    make compatible or consistent:to reconcile differing statements; to reconcile accounts.
  5. to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, cemetery, etc.).
  6. to restore (an excommunicate or penitent) to communion in a church.

v.i. 
  1. to become reconciled.
  • Latin reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate
  • Middle English reconcilen 1300–50
recon•cile′ment, n. 
recon•cil′er, n. 
recon•cil′ing•ly, adv. 
    2. pacify, propitiate, placate. 4. harmonize.
    3. anger.

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