What is "reconciling"

Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\ (-s?l`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-s?ld`); p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling.] [F. r['e]concilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.]

1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.

   Propitious now and reconciled by prayer.
   --Dryden.

   The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop.
   --Chaucer.

   We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God.
   --2 Cor. v. 20.

2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.

3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.

   The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
   --Locke.

   Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace.
   --Pope.

4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.

   Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.

vb. (present participle of reconcile English)

adj. tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony [syn: accommodative]