What does it mean to reconcile?

“Walls turned sideways are bridges.”
Word for the Day, gratefulness.org, April 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconcile (def)

  1. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired
  2. to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable
  3. to compose or settle
  4. to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent
  5. to reconsecrate
  6. to restore (1)

 

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Note

  1. reconcile. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/reconcile(accessed: August 15, 2017).