Class: verb | Syllables: REK-un-syle

Definition: Reconcile has several meanings that have to do with settling or resolving things, such as differences, contradictions, and conflicts. It is also used to mean “to check a financial account against another for accuracy” and “to cause someone to accept something unpleasant.”

Example(s):
// Historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle.
// The estranged cousins eventually reconciled when they realized that neither could remember why they were fighting in the first place.
// I’ve finally reconciled myself to no longer driving a car with manual transmission.