at peace

prepositional phrase

Free of worries; peaceful.

“He was unhappy when he was alive, but now he's at peace.”

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. comparableliterallyFree of worries; peaceful.

    Since discovering religion, she's been at peace in her personal life.

    2 more examples

    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.

    2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital

    "[…] 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."

    2025 November 12, Gary Essex, “A railway with local roots”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 61
  2. euphemisticidiomaticnot comparableDead.

    He was unhappy when he was alive, but now he's at peace.

    Synonyms: with the Lord, with God

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseDead.

More synonyms by meaning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto trankvila
  • trankvilafree from anxiety or stress
French tranquille
  • tranquillefree from anxiety or stress
Italian in pace, in pace
  • in pacefree from anxiety or stress
  • in pacedead
Māori heme, hemahema
  • hemefree from anxiety or stress
  • hemahemafree from anxiety or stress
Polish w spokoju
  • w spokojufree from anxiety or stress
Cite this entry
APA

at peace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20peace

MLA

“at peace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20peace. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at peace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20peace.

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