All 8 Uses of
reconcile
in
Jane Eyre
- No happy reconciliation was to be had with him — no cheering smile or generous word: but still the Christian was patient and placid; and when I asked him if he forgave me, he answered that he was not in the habit of cherishing the remembrance of vexation; that he had nothing to forgive, not having been offended.†
p. 472.8
- HE experienced no suffering from estrangement — no yearning after reconciliation; and though, more than once, my fast falling tears blistered the page over which we both bent, they produced no more effect on him than if his heart had been really a matter of stone or metal.†
p. 474.2 *
- I had left this woman in bitterness and hate, and I came back to her now with no other emotion than a sort of ruth for her great sufferings, and a strong yearning to forget and forgive all injuries — to be reconciled and clasp hands in amity.†
p. 265.8
- Many a time, as a little child, I should have been glad to love you if you would have let me; and I long earnestly to be reconciled to you now: kiss me, aunt.†
p. 276.2 *
- Would I forgive him for the selfish idea, and prove my pardon by a reconciling kiss?†
p. 314.9
- And why cannot I reconcile myself to the prospect of death?†
p. 379.6
- Well, propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means.†
p. 410.1
- Mutual recrimination passed between them: they parted in anger, and were never reconciled.†
p. 411.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(reconcile as in: reconciled their differences) to make peace between people or bring different ideas into agreement
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(2)
(reconcile as in: reconciled herself to) to accept something difficult or unwanted -- especially when it can’t be changed