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Reconcile

  1. verb

    make (one thing) compatible with (another)

    The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

    Similar: accommodate, conciliate

  2. verb

    bring into consonance or accord

    harmonize one's goals with one's abilities

    Similar: harmonize, harmonise

  3. verb

    come to terms

    After some discussion we finally made up

    Similar: patch up, make up, conciliate, settle

Word family

reconcilement · reconcilable · reconciled · reconciling

Words that mean the same

Calm and Soothe

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