at peace
Free from turmoil
At peace describes a state of calm, freedom from conflict, or inner tranquility.
Someone at peace with a decision has accepted it fully: She's finally at peace with her past.
The phrase often appears in contexts of death, suggesting release from suffering: He's at peace now.
Nations at peace are not at war.
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- composureEmotional self-control
- quiet mindAbsence of mental noise
- acceptanceConsent to receive
stillness · eternal rest · laid to rest · reconciliation · enlightenment · forgiveness · contentment · balance · in harmony · closure · mindfulness · fulfillment · wholeness · armistice · harmony · sanctuary · equanimity · solace
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
- contentmentcontent, satisfied, pleased, gratified, fulfilled
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- tranquilitycalm, serenity, serene, stillness, tranquil
- peaceful statesceasefire, truce, armistice, neutral, disarmed
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
at peacetroubled
Experiencing distress or anxiety
tormented · anxious · agitated · distressed · restless
at peaceat odds
In a state of conflict
at war · in conflict · at loggerheads · feuding · hostile
at peacestruggling
Experiencing serious difficulty
fighting · in denial · unresolved · resisting · not ready
peace, peaceful, peaceable, pacify, peacefully, pacifier, pacifist, peacefulness, pacific