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reconcile verb [ ˈrɛk(ə)nsʌɪl ]

• restore friendly relations between.
• "the king and the archbishop were publicly reconciled"
• make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed.
• "it is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare ‘bring together’.


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