rest in peace

Related to word: rest

Idiom

Definition

  1. An expression used to convey the hope that someone who has died has found peace.

    • She was a kind and loving person, may she rest in peace.

    • Upon hearing of his passing, we can only hope that he will rest in peace.

    • At the end of the funeral, the priest said, "May he rest in peace."

  2. A phrase often inscribed on gravestones to express the wish for the deceased to be at peace.

    • The gravestone was inscribed with the words "May she rest in peace."

    • They had “Rest in peace” engraved on the tombstone to remember their lost loved one.

    • During the memorial, we placed a flower by everyone’s tombstone and silently whispered, ‘Rest in peace’.