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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Believing the Trojan Horse to be a peace offering, the officers drag the hollow figure inside the city walls and place it outside the Temple of Athena, which leads to Troy’s harrowing downfall hours later. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 July 2026

The rest of the army would sail away to not draw suspicion, and one man would stay behind to present the horse as a peace offering. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

On the beach, Nia gets coconuts for Janet and Michelle, which feels like a real peace offering. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 July 2026

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, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1607, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for peace offering

• proffering