If you reconcile yourself to something unpleasant you come to accept it, as in “Even lexicographers must reconcile themselves to never knowing all the words.”

To reconcile yourself to a situation is to accept it even if it is unpleasant or painful, because it cannot be changed:

Reconcile means to make amends, come to a truce, or settle a dispute. Reconcile can also mean to make things compatible or consistent with each other.

1. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired. 2. to cause to become friendly or peaceable again: to reconcile hostile persons. 3. to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.). 4. …

Definition of reconcile verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you reconcile two beliefs, facts, or demands that seem to be opposed or completely different, you find a way in which they can both be true or both be successful.

to (cause to) become friendly or peaceable again, as by settling a quarrel: [~ + object] to reconcile hostile persons. [no object] The husband and wife reconciled last week.