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reconciling

VERB

make peace; adjust

Synonyms

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accommodate appease assuage conform coordinate harmonize integrate pacify placate rectify resolve reunite

STRONG

accord accustom arbitrate arrange attune compose conciliate cool fit intercede mediate mitigate propitiate proportion regulate settle suit tune

WEAK

bring to terms bring together bury the hatchet come together fix up get together on kiss and make up make matters up make up patch things up patch up re-establish reconciliate restore harmony win over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agitate fight incite irritate mismatch separate upset

STRONG

argue confuse disagree disarrange disorganize disperse increase mix up refuse scatter

WEAK

divorce estrange

VERB

resign oneself to something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept accommodate

STRONG

resign submit yield

WEAK

get used to make the best of put up with

Antonyms

WEAK

disagree divorce estrange refuse

Example Sentences

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“When heirs cannot reach a unanimous decision, the executor’s role becomes pivotal. Executors are tasked with reconciling conflicts,” Hancock Whitney adds.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

He and his wife separated after the affair came to light, but were working on reconciling.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

His supporters credit him with reconciling the country reviving Tajik culture after the civil war and decades of Soviet rule.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

If food is strangely divisive for the Rubinsteins, art is a reconciling passion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

He slowed all his movements, as if focusing his eyes and reconciling what they saw took motion from his muscles.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline