Reconcile Meaning
/ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
verbTo make things compatible or consistent.
Sentence Examples
I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
I might as well kill myself as reconcile myself to my fate.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the long fight, the couple met to ____ their relationship with a counselor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She found it difficult to ____ her religious beliefs with the scientific evidence she had studied.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Italic *kelō Latin calō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin concilium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin conciliō Latin reconciliōbor. English reconcile Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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"
— 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:
"The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state."
— 1693, [John Locke], “§2015”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the long fight, the couple met to ____ their relationship with a counselor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She found it difficult to ____ her religious beliefs with the scientific evidence she had studied.