Antonyms for make peace

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : meyk-pees

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪkˌpis

Definition of make peace

Origin : mid-12c., "freedom from civil disorder," from Anglo-French pes, Old French pais "peace, reconciliation, silence, permission" (11c., Modern French paix), from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "compact, agreement, treaty of peace, tranquility, absence of war" (source of Provençal patz, Spanish paz, Italian pace), from PIE *pag-/*pak- "fasten," related to pacisci "to covenant or agree" (see pact).
Replaced Old English frið, also sibb, which also meant "happiness." Modern spelling is 1500s, reflecting vowel shift. Sense in peace of mind is from c.1200. Used in various greetings from c.1300, from Biblical Latin pax, Greek eirene, which were used by translators to render Hebrew shalom, properly "safety, welfare, prosperity."
Sense of "quiet" is attested by 1300; meaning "absence or cessation of war or hostility" is attested from c.1300. As a type of hybrid tea rose (developed 1939 in France by Francois Meilland), so called from 1944. Native American peace pipe is first recorded 1760. Peace-officer attested from 1714. Peace offering is from 1530s. Phrase peace with honor first recorded 1607 (in "Coriolanus"). The U.S. Peace Corps was set up March 1, 1962. Peace sign, both the hand gesture and the graphic, attested from 1968.

As in peacemaker : noun person who settles problem
As in bury the hatchet : noun settle an argument
As in make up : verb compensate, reconcile
As in mediate : verb try to bring to an agreement
As in moderate : verb mediate, arbitrate
As in negotiate : verb bargain, discuss
As in pacify : verb make peaceful; appease
As in placate : verb soothe, pacify

Example sentences :

"I have come to see you, either to make peace or declare war," he continued.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

For the best of reasons—because—because I want to make peace with my wife.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

She who had got up with so great a desire to make peace at once!
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Not about any particular art, but about politics—when to fight and when to make peace.
Extract from : « Alcibiades I » by (may be spurious) Plato

Then the Chaldaeans came back, begging Cyrus to make peace with them.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

It has been shown to me how with this money I could make peace with—with Him.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various

And who better than the Lamas could make peace between God and him?
Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

A skål for love and knowledge, which alone can make peace a blessing!
Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

On his way home, the elder tried to make peace with himself.
Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

Synonyms for make peace

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