(reconciles, reconciling, reconciled)
1.
If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed or completely different, you find a way in which they can both be true or both be successful.
It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father...
Negotiators must now work out how to reconcile these demands with American demands for access.
VERB: V pl-n, V n with n
2.
If you are reconciled with someone, you become friendly with them again after a quarrel or disagreement.
He never believed he and Susan would be reconciled...
Devlin was reconciled with the Catholic Church in his last few days.
V-RECIP-PASSIVE: pl-n be V-ed, be V-ed with n
3.
If you reconcile two people, you make them become friends again after a quarrel or disagreement.
...my attempt to reconcile him with Toby.
VERB: V n with n
4.
If you reconcile yourself to an unpleasant situation, you accept it, although it does not make you happy to do so.
She had reconciled herself to never seeing him again.
VERB: V pron-refl to n/-ing
• reconciled
She felt a little more reconciled to her lot.
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n/-ing