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

   • 1693, [John Locke], “§2015”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482:

     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 (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
• 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
• Old English: friþsumian
• 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
• Swedish: försona (sv)
• Tagalog: makipagbati, magbati
• Thai: คืนดี (th) (kʉʉn-dii)

to make things compatible or consistent

• Azerbaijani: ortaq məxrəcə gətirmək
• Czech: sladit (cs), srovnat (cs)
• Dutch: verzoenen (nl)
• Egyptian: (stwt)
• Finnish: täsmäyttää
• French: réconcilier (fr), concilier (fr)

• Greek: συμβιβάζω (el) (symvivázo)
• Hungarian: összeegyeztet (hu)
• Italian: riconciliare, conciliare (it), quagliare
• Portuguese: reconciliar (pt)
• Quechua: allipanakuy
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro)
• Spanish: conciliar (es)
• Tagalog: magbati

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

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

• Finnish: täsmäyttää
• Italian: quadrare (it)