make peace with

make (one's) peace with (someone or something)

To reconcile or come to terms with a person or thing that was a previous source of stress, conflict, regret, etc. After years of not speaking, Janie finally made her peace with her sister. You need to make your peace with the fact that your first business didn't succeed. There will be other chances. I used to regret what happened, but I've made my peace with my decision now.
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make peace with (someone or something)

To reconcile or come to terms with a person or thing that was a previous source of stress, conflict, regret, etc. After years of not speaking, Janie finally made peace with her sister. You need to make peace with the fact that your first business didn't succeed. There will be other chances. I used to regret what happened, but I've made peace with my decision now.
See also: make, peace
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

make (one's) peace with

To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to.
See also: make, peace
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • make (one's) peace with (someone or something)
  • make one's peace with
  • make peace with (someone or something)
  • make peace with somebody
  • one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
  • rotten apple spoils the barrel
  • a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
References in periodicals archive
Not everyone is going to be the absolute best, writes Vince Stone, and sometimes realizing that is the best way to make peace with oneself.
"Making Peace with Conchise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen" is a transcript of the Captain's journal of their efforts to make peace with the chief of the Chiricahua Apache chief known as Conchise.