"make peace" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make peace.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes peace [present, singular, third-person], making peace [participle, present], made peace [participle, past], made peace [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> peace}} 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. Synonyms: make one's peace Translations (to end hostilities): سَالَمَ (sālama) (Arabic), صَالَحَ (ṣālaḥa) (Arabic), fer les paus (Catalan), vrede sluiten (Dutch), tehdä rauha (Finnish), tehdä sovinto (Finnish), faire la paix (French), Frieden schließen (German), kibékül (Hungarian), békét köt (Hungarian), kiengesztelődik (Hungarian), megbékél (Hungarian), összebékül (Hungarian), fare pace (Italian), hohou rongo (Maori), hohou i te rongo (Maori), эвлэрэх (evlerex) (Mongolian), zawierać pokój [imperfective] (Polish), zawrzeć pokój [perfective] (Polish), fazer as pazes (Portuguese), заключа́ть мир (zaključátʹ mir) [imperfective] (Russian), заключи́ть мир (zaključítʹ mir) [perfective] (Russian), мири́ться (mirítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), помири́ться (pomirítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), примири́ться (primirítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), hacer las paces (Spanish), խաղաղություն կնքել (Svan), barış yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-make_peace-en-verb-CX7c4Qcq Disambiguation of 'to end hostilities': 99 1 0
  2. (idiomatic) To settle a dispute or disagreement. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (settle a dispute): bury the hatchet
    Sense id: en-make_peace-en-verb-fUhiqzjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 54 7 Disambiguation of 'settle a dispute': 2 97 1
  3. (idiomatic) To accept something, especially if it is considered unfavourable. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (accept something unfavourable): come to terms with
    Sense id: en-make_peace-en-verb-xGw5UChE Disambiguation of 'accept something unfavourable': 2 3 95

Inflected forms

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