at peace

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Prepositional phrase

at peace

1. (comparable, literally) Free of worries; peaceful.

   Since discovering religion, she's been at peace in her personal life.

   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital:

     Thane: I am at peace with what I've done in my life, Shepard. There comes a time when one must rest from war and conflict.
     Thane: It is not your time, but it is mine.

2. (not comparable, euphemistic, idiomatic) Dead.

   He was unhappy when he was alive, but now he's at peace.

Related terms

• at peace with

Translations

free from anxiety or stress

• French: tranquille (fr)
• Italian: in pace
• Maori: heme, hemahema
• Polish: w spokoju

dead

• Italian: in pace