Reconcile vs. Rectify — What's the Difference?

Restore friendly relations between

Rectify is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from SundanceTV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens, Clayne Crawford, and Luke Kirby, and premiered on April 22, 2013, with a first season run of six episodes.A second season of ten episodes, premiered on June 19, 2014.

Make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed

To set right; correct

To reestablish a close relationship between

To correct by calculation or adjustment

To settle or resolve

(Chemistry) To refine or purify, especially by distillation.

To bring (oneself) to accept

(Electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

To make compatible, harmonious, or consistent

To adjust (the proof of alcoholic beverages) by adding water or other liquids.

To compare (one financial account) so that it is consistent or compatible with another

To heal (an organ or part of the body).

To reestablish a close relationship, as in marriage

(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.

To become compatible, harmonious, or consistent

(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.

To make things compatible or consistent.

(transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).

To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

To correct (someone who is mistaken).

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.

To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.

To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.

To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; - followed by with or to.

To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.

To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.

(transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

To become reconciled.

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.

Make compatible with;

To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.

Bring into consonance or accord;

To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Come to terms;

Math: determine the length of;

Accept as inevitable;

Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;

Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;

Set straight or right;

Make right or correct;

Convert into direct current;