RECONCILIATION
reconciliation (rek-<<schwa>>n-sil-ee-ay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. Restoration of harmony
between persons or things that had been in conflict <a reconciliation between the plaintiff and the
defendant is unlikely even if the lawsuit settles before trial>.2.Family law. Voluntary resumption,
after a separation, of full marital relations between spouses <the court dismissed the divorce
petition after the parties’ reconciliation>. Cf. CONDONATION (2). [Cases: Husband and Wife
279(3).] 3.Accounting. An adjustment of accounts so that they agree, esp. by allowing for
outstanding items < reconciliation of the checking account and the bank statement>. — reconcile
(rek-<<schwa>>n-sIl), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]