What's the difference between reconcile and reconciliatory?

Reconcile


Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
  • (v. t.) To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
  • (v. t.) To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
  • (v. i.) To become reconciled.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
  • (2) The reports of rod-dominated psychophysical spectral sensitivity from the deprived eye of monocularly lid-sutured (MD) monkeys are intriguing but difficult to reconcile with the absence of any reported deprivation effects in retina.
  • (3) We suggest a model for transcription that involves the participation of a nucleoskeleton at the active site and reconcile the contradictory results obtained using different salt concentrations.
  • (4) Describing his blueprint for Parliament 2.0, Bercow says in a speech to the Hansard Society on Wednesday that parliament needs to "reconcile traditional concepts and institutions of representative democracy with the technological revolution witnessed over the past decade or two, which has created both a demand for and an opportunity to establish a digital democracy".
  • (5) His achilles heel would be reconciling disparate sections of the grassroots party and restoring the fissures in the parliamentary party.
  • (6) This review considers the biophysics of penetrating missile wounds, highlights some of the more common misconceptions and seeks to reconcile the conflicting and confusing management doctrines that are promulgated in the literature-differences that arise not only from two scenarios, peace and war, but also from misapprehensions of the wounding process.
  • (7) The difficulty in reconciling these results with the preeminent role assigned to the hypothalamus in the organization of predatory aggressive behavior was considered.
  • (8) In an attempt to reconcile these opposite amphetamine effects on rotation in terms of dopaminergic mechanisms, a series of 4 experiments were conducted.
  • (9) The current model of the Na+-dependent high-affinity acidic amino acid transport carrier allows the observations to be explained and reconciled with previous seemingly conflicting reports on stimulation of acidic amino acid uptake by low concentrations of K+.
  • (10) Glitzy online lectures, or fancy learning technologies, are difficult to reconcile with this fundamental scepticism.
  • (11) The present study reconciles this conflict by showing that the major form of gastrin in the pyloric antrum is the heptadecpeptide form, while the duodenum contains mainly "big" and almost no heptadecapeptide gastrin.
  • (12) It is difficult to reconcile the properties of this mutant with the chemiosmotic hypothesis.
  • (13) But the space was created by another reconcilation between competing Democrats earlier in the evening.
  • (14) Using a self-paced manual, 8 participants in two groups were taught to write checks, complete deposit slips, and reconcile monthly bank statements.
  • (15) Our results reconcile some apparently conflicting published data and suggest that the mode of antigen association with liposomes considerably influences the pathways by which stimulation occurs.
  • (16) After the Scot sued Rooney over allegations in a biography the pair reconciled but whether Moyes would want him to stay at United is not yet clear, though he will have the final say on the striker's future.
  • (17) This article examines alternative ways of resolving an apparent paradox that has emerged from neuropsychological studies of language development: How can the developmentally stable functional asymmetry ("hemispheric specialization") observed in neurologically intact children be reconciled with the dramatic recovery of function often displayed following unilateral brain damage?
  • (18) It is a means of reconciling yourself with the past.
  • (19) The premature senescence noted in cells from subjects with cystic fibrosis reconciles controversial observations of cell doubling reported in the literature.
  • (20) However, intense investigative efforts over the last several years using pharmacological, biochemical and behavioral approaches have produced results that are increasingly difficult to reconcile with the existence of only two dopamine receptor subtypes.

Reconciliatory


Definition:

  • (a.) Serving or tending to reconcile.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As president Hassan Rouhani pursues a reconciliatory foreign policy, hardliners in the country's judiciary and the revolutionary guards appear to be tightening their grip on domestic social and cultural norms.
  • (2) We did not agree with him in the early 1990s when he was reconciliatory towards the apartheid regime, but we respected and trusted him.
  • (3) If the poisonous legacy of mistrust is to be reversed, then some kind of reconciliatory healing process is required.
  • (4) Some moderate Iranians fear that the Guards, who are suspicious of Rouhani’s reconciliatory approach towards the west, might sabotage the relaxation of ties by creating tensions at this critical time.
  • (5) CNN reported on Tuesday that Russian hackers had planted a fake news story on the Qatari state agency attributing reconciliatory remarks on Iran and Israel to the emir.
  • (6) "Nelson Mandela is a reconciliatory figure in the ANC; he doesn't give up on you.
  • (7) In the spirit of the reconciliatory Mandela era, the anthem is an amalgam of the liberation hymn, Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika and the apartheid-era Die Stem .
  • (8) What was required was some sort of reconciliatory framework, and it is this intangible but essential ingredient that has been missing in the post-cold war years.
  • (9) The comparatively reconciliatory language, after months of sparring, may signal that Netanyahu is preparing for the prospect of a second Obama term.

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