reconciled

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past simple and past participle of

to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together:

It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.

It's difficult to reconcile such different points of view.

How can you reconcile your fur coat and/with your love of animals?

When two people are reconciled, they become friendly again after they have argued:

be reconciled with They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years.