This definition contrasts with those found in the major dictionaries of different languages, which are systematically limited to the notion of re-establishing friendship or harmony between two estranged people. (Larousse, Littré, Trésors de la langue française, Mediadico, Merriam Webster, Oxford en-ligne,…).
Example:
“Larousse tells us that to reconcile means to bring together people who have been angry.
(…) The Burundians were angry with each other, to put it mildly! No, they exterminated each other mercilessly.
Roger Macombi, a Burundian, 2004, in response to the government’s National Reconciliation initiative.