reconciling

VERB

make peace; adjust

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

El-Masry said the scene when they imagine the pair reconciling was the moment in the script he knew the movie was one for him.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Already, Safdie is back on Marty, leaving Kay somewhere else entirely, reconciling her broken dreams and what may very well be the end of her professional career.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Coaxing the buttons through their holes was like reconciling warring friends, but I finally secured all five of them over my flat chest and belly, a task that was growing harder every day.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo