reconcile
Other forms: reconciled; reconciling; reconciles
Reach for the verb reconcile to make different things come together or resolve a matter.
If you've ever had an argument with someone and then made up, you have reconciled. Reconcile is a verb that can mean "to become resigned" like if you're reconciled to getting the bottom bunk when you wanted the top. It also means to "bring into agreement and harmony." Words like it are pacify, harmonize, and accommodate — reconcile is definitely an agreeable word!
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come to termssynonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, settle
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accept as inevitable
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bring into consonance or accord
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make (one thing) compatible with (another)synonyms: accommodate, conciliate
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