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reconcile.

To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/Canada, General-American/ˈɹekənsɑel/Australia/ˈɹekənsaɪl/New-Zealand
  1. To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

    ambitransitive
    to reconcile people who have quarrelled
    to wait until others have reconciled
  2. To make things compatible or consistent.

    transitive
    to reconcile differences
  3. To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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