peace offering

noun

: a gift or service for the purpose of procuring peace or reconciliation

Examples of peace offering in a Sentence

After our last argument, I sent her flowers as a peace offering.
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After a tense phone call where the Chelsea-Emma-Chrishell trio accuses Bre of staging the cheating allegations for camera, Chrishell approaches Bre with a peace offering (a drum set for Bre’s son, Legendary Love Canon) and a promise to hear her side of the story. Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024 Sacha Baron Cohen reprises his role as Borat Sagdiyev, a journalist from Kazakhstan tasked with delivering a monkey as a peace offering to Vice President Mike Pence. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024 Conservatives derided the bill which appeared to be a peace offering as an attempt from the speaker to save face. USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024 Elodie is really just a ritual sacrifice, a token peace offering to the local dragon. Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for peace offering 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1607, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of peace offering was circa 1607

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“Peace offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20offering. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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