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  • verb Present participle of reconcile.

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  • adjective tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony

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Examples

  • He never succeeded in reconciling “the Puritanical iron hand of constraint and the gushes of pure wildness” that he saw within himself.

    Theirs Truly: The Lowell-Bishop Letters 2009

  • He never succeeded in reconciling “the Puritanical iron hand of constraint and the gushes of pure wildness” that he saw within himself.

    Theirs Truly: The Lowell-Bishop Letters 2009

  • Mark Sanford, despite his mistakes and recent accounting of infidelity, is still a decent man, who I believe is more interested in reconciling his marriage than restoring his gubernatorial credibility or political future.

    A South Carolina first lady, scrutinized 2009

  • Mark Sanford, despite his mistakes and recent accounting of infidelity, is still a decent man, who I believe is more interested in reconciling his marriage than restoring his gubernatorial credibility or political future.

    Top South Carolina Republican calls for Sanford to resign 2009

  • Mark Sanford, despite his recent accounting of infidelity, is still a decent man, who I believe is more interested in reconciling his marriage than restoring his gubernatorial credibility or political future.

    Top South Carolina Republican calls for Sanford to resign 2009

  • Mark Sanford, through his mistakes and despite his recent accounting of infidelity, is still a decent man, who I believe is more interested in reconciling his marriage than restoring his gubernatorial credibility or political future.

    Sanford e-mail: I've 'crossed lines I never would have imagined' 2009

  • Bent the ear of the nice but IMO naive lady who answered the phone who seemed to have faith in reconciling the House/Senate bill.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Reminder 2010

  • He never succeeded in reconciling “the Puritanical iron hand of constraint and the gushes of pure wildness” that he saw within himself.

    Theirs Truly: The Lowell-Bishop Letters 2009

  • Mark Sanford, through his mistakes and despite his recent accounting of infidelity, is still a decent man, who I believe is more interested in reconciling his marriage than restoring his gubernatorial credibility or political future.

    Sanford e-mail: I've 'crossed lines I never would have imagined' 2009

  • Mark Sanford, despite his recent accounting of infidelity, is still a decent man, who I believe is more interested in reconciling his marriage than restoring his gubernatorial credibility or political future.

    A South Carolina first lady, scrutinized 2009

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