reconcile

English

Alternative forms

• reconciliate (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɒnsaɪl/

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Verb

reconcile (third-person singular simple present reconciles, present participle reconciling, simple past and past participle reconciled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.

   to reconcile differences

   • 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, →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

   • 1693, [John Locke], “§2015”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.

3. (transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Derived terms

• reconcilability
• reconcilable
• reconciliation

 

Related terms

• conciliate

 

Translations

to restore a friendly relationship (transitive)

• Albanian: pajtoj (sq)
• Arabic: أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ‎ (ʔaṣlaḥa bayna), وَفَّقَ بَيْنَ‎ (waffaqa bayna)
• Armenian: հաշտվել (hy) (haštvel), բարիշել (hy) (barišel) (colloquial)
• Azerbaijani: barışmaq (az) (intransitive, reciprocal), barışdırmaq (az) (transitive)
• Bulgarian: помирявам (bg) (pomirjavam), сдобрявам (sdobrjavam)
• Czech: usmířit se, smířit se, smířit
• Dutch: reconciliëren (nl), verzoenen (nl)
• Finnish: sovitella (fi)
• French: réconcilier (fr)
• German: versöhnen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽 (gafriþōn), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐍉𐌽 (gasibjōn)
• Greek: συμφιλιώνω (el) (symfilióno)

  Ancient: καταλλάσσω (katallássō), συμβιβάζω (sumbibázō)

• Hungarian: kibékít (hu), összebékít (hu)
• Italian: riconciliare (it), rappacificare (it), riunire (it), conciliare (it)
• Japanese: 和解させる (ja) (wakai saseru), 仲直りさせる (ja) (nakanaori saseru)
• Kazakh: татуластыру (tatulastyru)
• Korean: 화해하다 (ko) (hwahaehada)
• Ngazidja Comorian: usuluhisha
• Norwegian: forsone
• Old English: friþsumian
• Polish: godzić (pl) impf, pogodzić (pl) pf; godzić się impf, pogodzić się pf; jednać (pl) impf, pojednać pf; jednać się impf, pojednać się pf;
• Portuguese: reconciliar (pt)
• Romagnol: curdêr
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro), împăca (ro)
• Russian: помири́ться (ru) pf (pomirítʹsja), помирить (ru) pf (pomiritʹ)
• Spanish: reconciliar (es), avenir (es)
• Swahili: kupatanisha
• Swedish: försona (sv)
• Tagalog: makipagbati, magbati
• Thai: คืนดี (th) (kʉʉn-dii)
• Turkish: barışmak (tr) (intransitive, reciprocal), barıştırmak (tr) (transitive)

to make things compatible or consistent

• Arabic: وَفَّقَ‎ (waffaqa)
• Azerbaijani: ortaq məxrəcə gətirmək
• Bulgarian: съгласувам (bg) (sǎglasuvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調和／调和 (zh) (tiáohé)

• Czech: sladit (cs), srovnat (cs)
• Dutch: verzoenen (nl)
• Egyptian: (stwt)
• Finnish: täsmäyttää
• French: réconcilier (fr), concilier (fr)
• German: versöhnen (de)
• Greek: συμβιβάζω (el) (symvivázo)
• Hungarian: összeegyeztet (hu)
• Italian: riconciliare (it), conciliare (it), quagliare
• Polish: godzić (pl) impf, pogodzić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: reconciliar (pt)
• Quechua: allipanakuy
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro)
• Spanish: conciliar (es)
• Swedish: förlika (sv)
• Tagalog: magbati
• Yiddish: אויסאיינען‎ (oyseynen)

to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance

• Bulgarian: изравнявам (bg) (izravnjavam)
• Czech: vyrovnat (cs), srovnat (cs), urovnat
• Esperanto: bilanci
• Finnish: täsmäyttää
• Italian: quadrare (it)
• Polish: wyrównywać (pl) impf, wyrównać (pl) pf