[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reconcile/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / reconcile # reconcile verb (reconcile, reconciles, reconciled, reconciling); noun «reconciliation» «reconcile» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To make friends again after a quarrel: «The two friends were reconciled». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#m1) 2. To make two ideas, facts or needs agree with each other, or show that they can both be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#m2) 3. (reconcile yourself to) To accept something unpleasant that you cannot change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#m3) 4. (money) To check that two sets of figures, such as bank records and receipts, match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#m4) 5. (church) In Christian teaching, to be brought back into friendship with God; the sacrament of Reconciliation is confession in the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#m5) ### In the lessons In stories and ethics lessons: two characters reconcile after a fight; making peace is brave. In maths and money: reconciling accounts means checking that totals match. In formal writing: reconcile different views. In church life: Catholics speak of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where a person confesses their sins to a priest and is forgiven, as they believe. Phrases: «reconcile with», «be reconciled», «reconcile yourself to», «reconcile the accounts». ### Examples - After a week of not talking, the two friends were reconciled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x1) - Mum and her sister finally reconciled after years apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x2) - It is hard to reconcile wanting to save money with wanting a new game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x3) - He reconciled himself to missing the trip because he was ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x4) - Dad reconciled his bank statement with his receipts and found a mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x5) - Our story ended with the two kings reconciled and the war over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x6) - Catholics believe that in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God forgives their sins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x7) - When King Pippin heard that he begged his brother’s pardon, and they were reconciled at once and became good friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/#x8) ### Note Regular verb: reconciled. Stress: REC-on-sile. Noun: reconciliation (rec-on-sil-ee-AY-shun). «Reconcile with» a person; «reconcile yourself to» a situation. In money tasks, when two lists are reconciled, the totals must be equal; any difference is a mistake to find. ## In Jewish tradition In Sefer Yetzirah it means to bring two opposites into balance by standing between them. **Interpretation.** In Sefer Yetzirah the letter Aleph, standing for air, balances silent Water (Mem) and hissing Fire (Shin) like the tongue of a scale. ### Examples - The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש signify, as מ is mute like the water and ש hissing like the fire, there is א among them, a breath of air which reconciles them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reconcile/#x1) - Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reconcile/#x2) - Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reconcile/#x3) ### Note Regular verb: reconciled. Stress: REC-on-sile. Noun: reconciliation (rec-on-sil-ee-AY-shun). «Reconcile with» a person; «reconcile yourself to» a situation. In money tasks, when two lists are reconciled, the totals must be equal; any difference is a mistake to find. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «reconcile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reconcile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reconcile.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «reconcile» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reconcile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reconcile» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reconcile.html) on Mova free.