reconcilable
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- adjective
- /ˌrɛkənˈsaɪləbl/
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reconciliable
- The class has brought an understanding to me that is reconcilable with our solar system and our possibilities.
Examples
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The committee's differing opinions turned out to be reconcilable, allowing us to create a unified strategy.
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In Pieper's mind, military service and rejection of National Socialism were entirely reconcilable.
Academic text (2005) -
It is not reconcilable with what you yourself have written.
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But there are ways in which these conceptions are reconcilable.
Academic text (2016) -
Pluralism and public choice seem to have far more in common, and whatever substantive differences exist appear reconcilable.
Academic text (1994) -
And yet, the Imagists probably knew that rhetoric and poetics were reconcilable.
Academic text (2004) -
On appeal, a panel of the Third Circuit held that the court's previous statements on the topic were not supported by reasons, were mere dictum, and were not even reconcilable with Supreme Court decisions on which they relied.
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Although William was aware that many points in Islam are not reconcilable with Christianity, his tone is optimistic, buoyed up by a conviction that Islam, far from being some alien pagan religion, is a relative of Christianity.
Academic text (2008) -
On the very day LaFarge submitted it, in December 1938, Pius XI tearily explained to a group of Belgian pilgrims that anti-Semitism was not reconcilable with the Catholic faith.
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Both the recent interagency white paper on U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan and Obama's March 27 speech announcing a new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan acknowledged that integrating reconcilable insurgents will be a key complement to the military buildup.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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4.1
Able to exist or work together without conflict
Can be made to fit with other things without conflict
Able to be calmed and willing to forgive others
Antonyms
How Compatible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reconcilable comes from the parts re- (meaning 'again') and the same root as council (a 'meeting' that brings people together). So something reconcilable can be 'brought together again' or made to 'agree', which is why it means able to be brought into agreement or harmony.