Closure represents the triumph of reality over illusion, recognition that things are the way they are, not the way we wish them to be.“A man has got to know his limitations.” Clint Eastwood, Magnum ForceSettlement is a peace treaty declared on agreed terms. It represents the triumph of reality over illusion, rationality over expectation, calculation over emotion, and the cessation of conflict between parties who, in many cases, will go their separate ways.Reconciliation is different from a peac.