reconcile

English

Alternative forms

• reconciliate (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/

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Verb

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

1. To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

   to reconcile people who have quarrelled

2. To make things compatible or consistent.

   to reconcile differences

   • 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: Printed for W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849:

     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

   • (Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

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

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

Derived terms

• reconciliation

Related terms

• conciliate

Translations

to restore a friendly relationship

• Albanian: pajtoj (sq)
• Armenian: հաշտվել (hy) (haštvel), բարիշել (hy) (barišel) (colloquial)
• Azerbaijani: barışmaq (az) (intransitive, reciprocal), barışdırmaq (az) (transitive)
• Czech: usmířit se, smířit se, smířit
• Dutch: reconciliëren, verzoenen (nl)
• Finnish: sovitella (fi)
• French: réconcilier (fr)
• German: versöhnen (de)
• Greek: συμφιλιώνω (el) (symfilióno)

  Ancient: καταλλάσσω (katallássō)

• Hungarian: kibékít (hu), összebékít
• Italian: riconciliare, rappacificare (it), riunire (it), conciliare (it)

• Japanese: 和解させる (ja) (wakai saseru), 仲直りさせる (nakanaori saseru)
• Ngazidja Comorian: usuluhisha
• Norwegian: forsone
• Polish: pogodzić (pl) pf, pogodzić się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: reconciliar (pt)
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro), împăca (ro)
• Russian: помири́ться (ru) pf (pomirítʹsja), помирить (ru) pf (pomiritʹ)
• Spanish: reconciliar (es), avenir (es)
• Swahili: kupatanisha
• Tagalog: makipagbati, magbati
• Thai: คืนดี (th) (kʉʉn-dii)

to make things compatible or consistent

• Czech: sladit (cs), srovnat (cs)
• Dutch: verzoenen (nl)
• Egyptian: (stwt)
• Finnish: täsmäyttää
• French: réconcilier (fr)
• Greek: συμβιβάζω (el) (symvivázo)

• Hungarian: összeegyeztet (hu)
• Italian: riconciliare, conciliare (it), quagliare
• Portuguese: reconciliar (pt)
• Quechua: allipanakuy
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro)
• Tagalog: magbati

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

• Czech: vyrovnat, srovnat (cs), urovnat
• Esperanto: bilanci

• Finnish: täsmäyttää
• Italian: quadrare (it)