reconcile

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verb

1. To reestablish friendship between: conciliate, make up, reunite. See love/hatred.
2. To bring (something) into a state of agreement or accord: rectify, resolve, settle, smooth over, straighten out. See agree/disagree.
3. To bring (oneself) to accept: resign. See accept/reject.
4. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, fit¹, square, suit, tailor. See change/persist.
5. To bring into accord: accommodate, attune, conform, coordinate, harmonize, integrate, proportion, tune. See agree/disagree.

v

Definition: make peace; adjust
Antonyms: alienate, disagree, estrange, quarrel, refuse

v

Definition: resign oneself to something
Antonyms: divorce, estrange

IN BRIEF: Settle a quarrel; restore peace.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. — Quentin Crisp

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• Flirtation, Dating, and Courting - reconcile: (vb) resolve differences and renew affection

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forlige, bilægge, affinde sig med
v. intr. - blive enige

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzoenen, berusten in, in overeenstemming brengen, verenigbaarheid van dingen beredeneren

Français (French)
v. tr. - réconcilier, concilier, se résigner à
v. intr. - concilier, réconcilier, se résigner à

Deutsch (German)
v. - versöhnen, beilegen, in Einklang bringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνδιαλλάσσω, συμφιλιώνω, συμβιβάζω/-ομαι, εναρμονίζω, διευθετώ, λύνω (διαφορά)

Italiano (Italian)
riconciliare, conciliare, ravvicinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reconciliar, sanar (discórdias)

Русский (Russian)
примирить, согласовать, уладить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reconciliar, arreglar, poner fin, conciliar
v. intr. - reconciliarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - försona

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使和解, 使和好, 调和, 调停, 调解, 使一致, 和解, 符合, 顺从

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使和解, 使和好, 調和, 調停, 調解, 使一致
v. intr. - 和解, 調解, 符合, 順從

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 화해시키다, 일치시키다, 조정하다, ~에 만족하게 하다
v. intr. - 화해하다, 조정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 仲直りさせる, 和解させる, 仲裁する, 調和させる, 一致させる, 諦めさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسوي, يصالح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פייס, פישר, יישב, גישר, מצא מכנה משותף‬
v. intr. - ‮השלים עם, קיבל בלית ברירה, התאים, התפייס, התפשר‬

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