The Only Use of
reconcile
in
The Kite Runner
- And how was I going to reconcile this new image of Baba with the one that had been imprinted on my mind for so long, that of him in his old brown suit, hobbling up the Taheris' driveway to ask for Soraya's hand?
p. 226.0reconcile = bring into agreement (so it all fits together sensibly)
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