at peace

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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.
    • 2025 November 12, Gary Essex, “A railway with local roots”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 61:
      " […] I find by being outdoors when I get here, I feel happy. I live in Bedford, which is busy, noisy and dirty, so I come here on the train, and I feel at peace."
  2. (not comparable, euphemistic, idiomatic) Dead.
    Synonyms: with the Lord, with God
    He was unhappy when he was alive, but now he's at peace.

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