All 4 Uses
reconcile
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
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- Healed by him, Arabella chooses judiciously this time, and is rewarded by reconciliation with her family and a wedding with the medical prince on "a windy sunlit day in spring."†
Chpt 1 *
- Lola sighed and shook her head slowly, as though trying to reconcile herself to the unacceptable truth.†
Chpt 1 *
- It may have been the first touches of green along the French lanes and the haze of bluebells glimpsed through the woods that made him feel the need for reconciliation and fresh beginnings.†
Chpt 2
- There is no one, no entity or higher form that she can appeal to, or be reconciled with, or that can forgive her.†
Chpt 3
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)