reconcile

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Alternative forms

reconciliate (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɒnsaɪl/^[1]
Audio (US): (file)

Verb

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

(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
(transitive) To make things compatible or consistent.
to reconcile differences
- 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →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.
(accounting, transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Derived terms

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), помири́ть (ru) pf (pomirítʹ), примири́ть (ru) pf (primirítʹ), примиря́ть (ru) impf (primirjátʹ), примири́ться (ru) pf (primirítʹsja), примиря́ться (ru) impf (primirjátʹsja)
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)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對賬／对账 (zh) (duìzhàng)
Czech: vyrovnat (cs), srovnat (cs), urovnat
Esperanto: bilanci
Finnish: täsmäyttää
Italian: quadrare (it)
Polish: wyrównywać (pl) impf, wyrównać (pl) pf

References

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

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

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