All 4 Uses of
reconcile
in
Washington Square
- But she could at least be good, and if she were only good enough, Heaven would invent some way of reconciling all things—the dignity of her father's errors and the sweetness of her own confidence, the strict performance of her filial duties and the enjoyment of Morris Townsend's affection.†
Chpt 15
- …shuffled away in a fast-whirling vehicle to some obscure lodging in the suburbs, where she would pay them (in a thick veil) clandestine visits, where they would endure a period of romantic privation, and where ultimately, after she should have been their earthly providence, their intercessor, their advocate, and their medium of communication with the world, they should be reconciled to her brother in an artistic tableau, in which she herself should be somehow the central figure.†
Chpt 15
- The father was afterwards reconciled, and thought everything of the young man.†
Chpt 16 *
- All I mean is, it's true; and it's a stronger reason for his never being reconciled than simply his dislike for you."†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(reconcile as in: reconciled herself to) to come to terms with