Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

• IPA: /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/
• IPA: /ɹɪˈkɒnsaɪl/

reconcile (reconciles, present participle reconciling; simple past and past participle reconciled)

1. (ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

   to reconcile people who have quarrelled

   to wait until others have reconciled

2. (transitive) To make things compatible or consistent.

   to reconcile differences

   • 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 ↗:

     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

   • 1693, [John Locke], “§2015”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC ↗:

     The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.

3. (transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

• French: réconcilier
• German: versöhnen
• Italian: riconciliare, rappacificare, riunire, conciliare
• Portuguese: reconciliar
• Russian: помири́ться
• Spanish: reconciliar, avenir

• French: réconcilier, concilier
• German: versöhnen
• Italian: riconciliare, conciliare, quagliare
• Portuguese: reconciliar
• Spanish: conciliar

• Italian: quadrare