coming to terms with
Reaching an understanding
Coming to terms with something means accepting a difficult or unwelcome reality after a period of resistance or denial.
The phrase suggests a gradual process of emotional adjustment rather than immediate acceptance.
She's still coming to terms with her diagnosis.
It took him years to come to terms with his father's death.
The expression implies reaching a kind of internal settlement or peace with circumstances that cannot be changed.
- hard truthUnpleasant accurate statement
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
making amends · acceptance · self-discovery · emotional growth · healing · acknowledgment · letting go · compromise · surrender · clarity · peace · reckoning · reconciliation · making peace · inner peace · coping · grief · perspective
coming to terms withdenial
Refusal to accept reality
denying · rejecting · resisting · disavowing · repudiating
coming to terms withavoiding
Deliberately staying clear
avoidance · evading · suppressing · repressing · escaping
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