Reconcile

To restore workable harmony between people or positions in conflict.

Reach for it when repairing a relationship or bringing apparent differences into agreement

Both sisters were ready to reconcile after understanding how the message had been altered.

• playful

  mend fences

  when informal repair after tension is the right tone

  not when The idiom can trivialize a serious breach of trust.

• everyday

  reunite

  when separated people come together again

  not when Reunion restores contact but does not prove the conflict is settled.

• warm

  make peace

  when ending a personal quarrel should sound human and direct

  not when Making peace can stop open conflict without addressing the cause.

• professional

  mediate

  when a third party helps others work through disagreement

  not when Mediate names the facilitating action, not the parties' restored relationship.

• professional

  resolve

  when the issue itself can be settled decisively

  not when A problem may be resolved while resentment between people remains.

• formal

  accommodate

  when apparently competing needs can both be allowed for

  not when Accommodation manages difference without producing true agreement.

• formal

  harmonize

  when policies, accounts, or elements need to fit together

  not when Harmonize is less natural for acknowledging personal hurt.

• alienate
• divide
• estrange

• reconcile differences

  They used independent evidence to reconcile differences in the two reports.

• reconcile with a friend

  Reconcile with a friend by listening fully before defending your intention.

• difficult to reconcile

  The promises were difficult to reconcile with the budget actually approved.