Definition of "reconcile"

reconcile

/ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/

verb
third-person singular simple present reconciles, present participle reconciling, simple past and past participle reconciled
1. (transitive, intransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
2. (transitive) To make things compatible or consistent.
  Quotations
  Some Figures monstrous and mis-shap'd appear, Consider'd singly, or beheld too near, Which, but proportion'd to their Light, or Place, Due Distance reconciles to Form and Grace
  1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711
  The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.
  1693, [John Locke], “§2015”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […]
3. (transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.