RECONCILE


Meaning of RECONCILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rekənsaɪl ]

( reconciles, reconciling, reconciled)

1.

If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed or completely different, you find a way in which they can both be true or both be successful.

It’s difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father...

Negotiators must now work out how to reconcile these demands with American demands for access.

VERB : V pl-n , V n with n

2.

If you are reconciled with someone, you become friendly with them again after a quarrel or disagreement.

He never believed he and Susan would be reconciled...

Devlin was reconciled with the Catholic Church in his last few days.

V-RECIP-PASSIVE : pl-n be V-ed , be V-ed with n

3.

If you reconcile two people, you make them become friends again after a quarrel or disagreement.

...my attempt to reconcile him with Toby.

VERB : V n with n

4.

If you reconcile yourself to an unpleasant situation, you accept it, although it does not make you happy to do so.

She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again.

VERB : V pron-refl to n / -ing

• rec‧on‧ciled

She felt a little more reconciled to her lot.

ADJ : v-link ADJ to n / -ing

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