rest in peace

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Etymology

Calque of Latin requiescat in pace.

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rest in peace

  1. A blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace.
    Synonym: RIP (initialism)
    May the souls of the recently departed rest in peace.

Verb

rest in peace (third-person singular simple present rests in peace, present participle resting in peace, simple past and past participle rested in peace)

  1. (euphemistic) To have passed away, or to have died.
    • 1882, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, The Dublin Review, volume 90, page 156:
      In his latter years he sought an asylum with his relatives, the O'Conors, of Belanagar, and it was probably there that he rested in peace, in 1735.

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