make peace with

make (one's) peace with (someone or something)

To reconcile or come to terms with a person or thing that was a previous source of stress, conflict, regret, etc. After years of not speaking, Janie finally made her peace with her sister. You need to make your peace with the fact that your first business didn't succeed. There will be other chances. I used to regret what happened, but I've made my peace with my decision now.

See also: make, peace

make peace with (someone or something)

To reconcile or come to terms with a person or thing that was a previous source of stress, conflict, regret, etc. After years of not speaking, Janie finally made peace with her sister. You need to make peace with the fact that your first business didn't succeed. There will be other chances. I used to regret what happened, but I've made peace with my decision now.

See also: make, peace

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make (one's) peace with

To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to.

See also: make, peace

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