Reconciliable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. A scenario is capable of being restored to a state of peace Conflicting viewpoints may be harmonized to achieve resolution Disagreements can be reconciled to restore balance and understanding
2. Able to be restored to a condition of harmony or agreement after disagreement
3. Having the quality that allows opposing views or conditions to be made compatible

Etymology: Its core lies in an assembly. Latin "concilium" meant a gathering or council, built from "com-" (together) and "calare" (to call). The verb "conciliare" meant to bring people together, and "reconciliare" added "re-" to suggest bringing them back into agreement. English took "reconcile" from that verb. This adjective is a plain English formation: the verb "reconcile" plus the suffix "-able," meaning capable of being. The "-iable" spelling keeps the "-cili-" of the verb's stem visible. The more common spelling is "reconcilable," and dictionaries generally treat the two as interchangeable.

Synonyms: settleable, resolvable, harmonizable, compatible, conciliable

Antonyms: irreconcilable, incompatible, unsettleable, disparate, divergent