Antonyms for reconcile
ˈrɛk ənˌsaɪlrec·on·cile

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1. reconcile

   Antonyms:
   separate, sever, dissever, estrange, disharmonize, derange, alienate

   Synonyms:
   unite, conciliate, propitiate, pacify, harmonize, adjust, adapt, suit, reunite

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1. • Accept

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1. accommodate, reconcile, conciliateverb

   make (one thing) compatible with (another)

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

   Synonyms:
   mollify, conciliate, harmonize, gentle, suit, fit, lenify, placate, admit, settle, hold, accommodate, adapt, appease, gruntle, pacify, assuage, resign, oblige, make up, patch up, lodge, harmonise, submit

2. harmonize, harmonise, reconcileverb

   bring into consonance or accord

   "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"

   Synonyms:
   harmonise, fit in, settle, agree, accommodate, consort, submit, resign, make up, harmonize, concord, chord, patch up, accord, conciliate

3. reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settleverb

   come to terms

   "After some discussion we finally made up"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, root, even off, appease, square up, placate, make up, compensate, patch up, mollify, nail down, gentle, resign, settle down, even out, fabricate, square off, gruntle, subside, make, pay, determine, be, patch, go under, go down, fall, correct, invent, counterbalance, ensconce, sink, catch up with, manufacture, harmonise, steady down, get back, represent, adjudicate, assuage, conciliate, cook up, pacify, even up, comprise, decide, harmonize, take root, lenify, resolve, locate, descend, constitute, finalize, pay off, finalise, submit, settle

4. resign, reconcile, submitverb

   accept as inevitable

   "He resigned himself to his fate"

   Synonyms:
   defer, conciliate, harmonize, quit, bow, state, relegate, accede, leave office, subject, vacate, render, settle, free, submit, posit, renounce, put forward, give up, step down, release, resign, pass on, present, give in, relinquish, put in, make up, patch up, accommodate, harmonise, take

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1. reconcileverb

   Antonyms:
   estrange, disaffect, alienate

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, propitiate, pacify, harmonize, adjust, settle

How to use reconcile in a sentence?

1. Kevin Cramer:

   He certainly won't be the first president… who has done that, has taken a look at the nine members and taken a look at America and tries to reconcile some proportion of that.

2. Lynn Bufka:

   What was familiar no longer seems as familiar, for close to a year now, we've had messages of not being with others, to be distant... then the idea that,' Oh, there's ways that we can be with others and it's OK' — that's new information to reconcile. So, it's understandable that it feels different, at least, if not anxiety-provoking or stressful.

3. Pope Francis:

   It is a continuing tragedy in our world that so many communities are at war with themselves, the inability to reconcile differences and disagreements, whether old or new, has given rise to ethnic and religious tensions, frequently accompanied by outbreaks of violence.

4. Tim Albrecht:

   If Trump continues winning, disappointed party elites will need to reconcile with supporting the party nominee. Ultimately, the party has always rallied come convention time, and that will be a healing moment moving forward.

5. Tara Cannon:

   It felt selfish to be taking them to an event that a) they were not terribly interested in attending, b) has an elevated risk associated with it and c) they have no say in, while the risk of something terrible happening is probably very slim, I don’t know how you reconcile that if something does go sideways. Better the one true fan [ my husband ] attend on his own. He's an adult who can competently assess the risk.

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