reconcile

reconcile

English

Alternative forms

• reconciliate (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɒnsaɪl/[1]

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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: […] 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

• reconcilability
• reconcilable
• reconciliation

 

Related terms

• conciliate

 

Translations

to restore a friendly relationship

Albanian: pajtoj (sq) Arabic: أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ‎ (ʾaṣlaḥa 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 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) 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

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) Greek: συμβιβάζω (el) (symvivázo) Hungarian: összeegyeztet (hu) Italian: riconciliare, conciliare (it), quagliare 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)

References

1. Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.67, page 173.