Hello Laren,
I know what you mean about using the same word to define itself, I used the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus to check the definitions and synonyms to "reconcile," here is what I found;
Main Entry: rec·on·cile
Pronunciation: 're-k&n-"sI(-&)l
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -ciled; -cil·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French reconciler, from Latin reconciliare, from re- + conciliare to conciliate transitive verb
1 a : to restore to friendship or harmony <reconciled the factions> b : SETTLE, RESOLVE <reconcile differences>
2 : to make consistent or congruous <reconcile an ideal with reality>
3 : to cause to submit to or accept something unpleasant <was reconciled to hardship>
4 a : to check (a financial account) against another for accuracy b : to account for
intransitive verb : to become reconciled
Entry Word: reconcile
Function: verb
Text: to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences <historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle> -- see HARMONIZE 2
Entry Word: harmonize
Function: verb
Text: 1 to form a pleasing relationship <the color of the walls harmonized nicely with the blue tones in the carpet>
Synonyms agree, blend, conform, coordinate
Related Words balance, correlate, correspond, dovetail, match; meet, parallel; bond, coalesce, cohere, conjoin, fuse, merge, square, tally
Near Antonyms contradict, contrast, counter, differ, diverge, jar; cancel (out), counteract, negate, offset
Antonyms clash, collide, conflict
2 to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences <an attempt to harmonize the New Testament version of events with the accounts of the ancient Romans>
Synonyms accommodate, conciliate, conform, coordinate, key, reconcile
Related Words adapt, attune, tune; blend, combine, connect, correlate, dovetail, fit, fuse, integrate, join, match, merge, orchestrate, pair, square, suit, synchronize, synthesize, unify, unite; align, arrange, array, balance, equalize, even, order, proportion, regularize, standardize
Near Antonyms confuse, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, skew, upset
Antonyms alienate, disjoin
3 to be in agreement on every point <interrogated in separate rooms, the two burglary suspects gave stories that didn't harmonize at all> -- see CHECK 1
Kind of "fleshes out" that "bare bones" definition doesn't it?
To bring all His creation (satan included) to a point "free of conflicts" and to "form a pleasing relationship" with Him.
Hope this helps,
Joe