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Noun: make-peace  'meyk,pees
  1. Someone who tries to bring peace
    "The skilled make-peace helped the two parties reach an agreement";
    - conciliator, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler
Verb: make peace  meyk pees
  1. End hostilities; forgive past offences
    "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace";
    - let bygones be bygones [informal], bury the hatchet [informal]

Derived forms: make-peaces, made peace, makes peace, making peace

Type of: conciliate [archaic], go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, make up, mediator, patch up, reconcile, settle

Antonym: war