coming to terms
Reaching an agreement
Coming to terms is the process of accepting something difficult or unwelcome—a loss, a diagnosis, a hard truth.
The phrase suggests gradual psychological adjustment rather than immediate acceptance: It took years to come to terms with my father's death.
You come to terms with reality, not with pleasant surprises.
To come to terms with someone else means to reach an agreement or settlement after negotiation.
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- parleyingNegotiating with enemies
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
self-awareness · emotional processing · release · reconciliation · epiphany · clarity · surrender · letting go · moving on · healing · acknowledgment · insight · forgiveness · realization · closure · inner peace · peace of mind · ache
- handlingdealing with, handling, managing, coping, addressing
- settlingpaying, agreeing, resolving, concluding, finalizing
- emotional releasecry, venting, crying, sob, sobbing
coming to termsdenial
Refusal to accept reality
resisting · burying one's head in the sand · avoidance · repression · willful ignorance
coming to termswalking away
Departing on foot
deadlock · stalemate · falling out · disagreeing · holding out
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