Dictionary Entry

reconcile

reconcile is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.
2transitive verb
To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
3transitive verb
To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
4transitive verb
To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
5intransitive verb
To become reconciled.
6verb
bring into consonance or accord
"harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"
Synonyms
harmonise harmonize
7verb
make (one thing) compatible with (another)
"The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
Synonyms
accommodate conciliate
8verb
accept as inevitable
"He resigned himself to his fate"
Synonyms
resign submit
9verb
come to terms
"After some discussion we finally made up"
Synonyms
conciliate settle

Synonyms

harmonise harmonize accommodate conciliate resign submit settle

Common word forms

reconciled reconciler reconciles reconciling reconcileless reconcilement

Words from these letters

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