reconciling

Variant of reconcile

reconcile definition

rec·on·cile (rek′ən sīl′)

transitive verb reconciled -·ciled′, reconciling -·cil′·ing

  1. to make friendly again or win over to a friendly attitude
  2. to settle (a quarrel, difference, etc.)
  3. to make (arguments, ideas, texts, accounts, etc.) consistent, compatible, etc.; bring into harmony
  4. to make content, submissive, or acquiescent (to) to become reconciled to one's lot

Etymology: ME reconsilen < OFr reconcilier < L reconciliare: see re- & conciliate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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