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Reconcile

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.

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Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concur 76% connected

To run together; to meet.

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Harmonize 76% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Appease 76% connected

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Key 76% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Propitiate 76% connected

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

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Derivationally related 12

Conciliation 74% connected

The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conciliation 74% connected

The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

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Conciliatory 74% connected

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

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Conciliatory 74% connected

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resignation 74% connected

The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resignation 74% connected

The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accommodate 92% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conciliate 92% connected

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Harmonize 92% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resign 92% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Settle 92% connected

A seat of any kind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Submit 92% connected

To let down; to lower.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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