make peace

See also: makepeace, Makepeace, and make-peace

English

Alternative forms

• make one's peace

Pronunciation

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Verb

make peace (third-person singular simple present makes peace, present participle making peace, simple past and past participle made peace)

1. To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.

   Both countries can rebuild now that they have made peace with each other.

   He's finally made peace with his estranged father.

2. (idiomatic) To settle a dispute or disagreement.

   The committee made peace and agreed to go with the new plan.

3. (idiomatic) To accept something, especially if it is considered unfavourable.

   I've finally made peace with the fact that having diabetes means no more sugar.

Synonyms

• (settle a dispute): bury the hatchet
• (accept something unfavourable): come to terms with

Translations

to end hostilities

• Arabic: سَالَمَ (sālama), صَالَحَ (ar) (ṣālaḥa)
• Catalan: fer les paus
• Dutch: vrede sluiten
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tehdä rauha, tehdä sovinto
• French: faire la paix (fr)
• German: Frieden schließen
• Hebrew: הִשְׁלִים (he) (hishlím)
• Hungarian: kibékül (hu), békét köt, kiengesztelődik (hu), megbékél (hu), összebékül (hu)
• Italian: fare pace
• Maori: hohou rongo, hohou i te rongo
• Mongolian: эвлэрэх (mn) (evlerex)
• Polish: zawierać pokój impf, zawrzeć pokój pf
• Portuguese: fazer as pazes (pt)
• Russian: заключа́ть мир impf (zaključátʹ mir), заключи́ть мир pf (zaključítʹ mir), мири́ться (ru) impf (mirítʹsja), помири́ться (ru) pf (pomirítʹsja), примири́ться (ru) pf (primirítʹsja)
• Spanish: hacer las paces (es)
• Svan: խաղաղություն կնքել
• Turkish: barış yapmak (tr)