: a gift or service for the purpose of procuring peace or reconciliation
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After our last argument, I sent her flowers as a peace offering.
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Swerve gave Hangman his chain back in a peace offering, and Hangman lynched Jon Moxley with the chain.—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025 David Fincher’s 2010 film The Social Network ends with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) refreshing the friend request of an ex-girlfriend, a pathetic and modern attempt at a peace offering as the movie tracks him through two contentious lawsuits.—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025 That scene, in which Hiccup cautiously approaches the wounded dragon, offering fish as a sort of peace offering, is the make-or-break moment for the film — the virtually wordless sequence in which a wary friendship is forged.—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025 Mission now accomplished, Kittridge and U.S. Intelligence operative Jasper Briggs (Shea Whigham) — revealed to be the son of Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) from the first Mission — show up with a peace offering for Ethan.—EW.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for peace offering
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