Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The absence of war or other hostilities.
- n. An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities.
- n. Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations: roommates living in peace with each other.
- n. Public security and order: was arrested for disturbing the peace.
- n. Inner contentment; serenity: peace of mind.
- interj. Used as a greeting or farewell, and as a request for silence.
- idiom. at peace In a state of tranquillity; serene: She is at peace with herself and her friends.
- idiom. at peace Free from strife: Everyone wants to live in a world at peace.
- idiom. keep To be silent.
- idiom. keep the peace To maintain or observe law and order: officers who were sworn to keep the peace.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; quietness; repose. Specifically— Freedom from war or hostile attacks; exemption from or cessation of hostilities; absence of civil, private, or foreign strife, embroilment, or quarrel.
- n. Freedom from agitation or disturbance by the passions, as from fear, terror, anger, or anxiety; quietness of mind; tranquillity; calmness; quiet of conscience.
- n. A state of reconciliation between parties at variance; harmony; concord.
- n. Public tranquillity; that quiet order and security which are guaranteed by the laws: as, to keep the peace; to break the peace; a justice of the peace.
- n. A compact or agreement made by contending parties to abstain from further hostilities; a treaty of peace: as, the peace of Ryswick.
- n. Amity.
- n. Quiet, Tranquillity, etc. See rest.
- To hold one's peace; be or become silent; hold one's tongue.
- To appease; quiet; allay.
Wiktionary
- n. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- n. A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
- n. Harmony in personal relations.
- n. A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- interj. slang Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.
- interj. archaic Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
- v. neologism To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
- n. Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
- n. Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
- n. Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.
- v. rare To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state prevailing during the absence of war
- n. a treaty to cease hostilities
- n. the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- n. harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
- n. the general security of public places
Etymologies
- From Middle English pece, peas, pees, from Old French pais ("peace"), from Latin pāx ("peace"), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor ("agree, stipulate"), Latin pangō ("fasten, fix"); see pact. Displaced native Middle English frith, frede ("peace") (from Old English friþ, frēod ("peace")), Middle English sib, sibbe ("peace") (from Old English sibb ("peace, kinship")), Middle English grith ("peace, security") (from Old English griþ and Old Norse grið), Middle English saht, saught ("peace, reconciliation") (from Old English seht, sæht ("peace, pact, agreement")). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English pes, from Old French pais, pes, from Latin pāx, pāc-; see pax. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Black Elk said these words: "Above all, you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace is within the souls of men.”
“The announcement of several Stalin peace prizes was seen as a move in the Soviet peace offensive, which had become the main Communist propaganda weapon in the cold war.”
“In a little town a few miles off, it has been reported that Miss Lydia Prateapace has been obliged to "swear the peace against him," which "swearing the _peace_" is, in most cases,”
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
“The next thing we observe respecting this divine peace which has come down to man on earth is, that it is a _living peace_.”
“War is generally terminated, and peace secured, by _treaties of peace_.”
“There is going to be peace, but not permanent peacenot a democratic peace .”
“And peace is produced by justice -- the moral virtue which is concerned with our works: _The work of justice shall be peace_ [331] inasmuch, that is, as a man, by refraining from injuring others, removes occasions of strife and disturbance.”
“And it is a maxim not to be despised, Tho peace be made, yet it is interest that keeps peace; and I hope you will not trust such peace except so far as you see interest upon it.”
“Mexico, and he to make peace with us: of course an _agreeable peace_”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘peace’.
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Sweet tooth fairy dominoes
As originally suggested on sweet tooth fairy domino:
Each person adds one word trying to create a single, potentially infinite sweet tooth fairy (please look it up if you are not familiar wit...banana, boat, house, arrest, warrant, peace, sign, post, box, clever, Hans, device and 119 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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POL - campaign tokenisms
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All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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Imbible Code ✞
Christian word branding; common English word-associatives connected to Bible terminology or scripture.
I also have a general Bible-word list.god, father, son, trinity, sacrament, knowledge, serpent, flood, evil, good, spirit, revelation and 118 more...
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Top 500 Shower Curtains
Favorite designs for shower curtains. Inspired by the list Top 500 SAT Words Shower Curtain by jwjarvis.
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Do-it-yourself Christmas Carol List
Tired of singing the same carols year after year? Wanna mix it up a little? Now you can, with the Do-it-yourself Christmas Carol List (from the creator of the Doo-it-yourself Doowop List). Just mix...
let it, reindeer, silent, child, Christmas, got run over by a, mercy mild, winter, joyful, holly, newborn, king and 59 more...
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soby's list
words and phrases that make me wanna weep...kinda.
fade to grey, calm, love personified, kind of girl, little, lickle, depth, honor, inferior, faust, circles, tremulance and 8 more...
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Peace in a Zillion Different Languages
paz, paix, shalom, peace, pace, vrede, maluhia, salaam, alaafia, heiwa, amani, damai and 18 more...
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letter and email endings
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solutions
one word (preferably / not a must). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for peace.
Louises Sky and water shifted or swivelled their occult constituent parts and like the solution to a visual riddle the stars yielded a new constellation describing the figure of a wolf, a diagram showing that there was no reason for us, only the certainty of us, and understanding this was like taking the hand that would lead us to peace. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan. Mar 18, 2012
yrral01 The word peace I find is used as an excuse to do nothing. Keep slavery as long as we have peace, Jews in Nazi Germany
are a European problem as long as the US is at peace with the Nazis. I won't turn in the gang members they leave me in peace Jan 28, 2010
blacknwhite PeAcE Feb 25, 2009
blacknwhite PeAcE Feb 25, 2009
pathar Silas: Peace.
Bart: Peace is meant to explain a state of tranquility. Ok? So why don't you try finding a way to say goodbye, now that you're among civilized people.
Silas: Well, Mr. Civilized, peace can also be used interjectionally, as a request, greeting or farewell. So, try to find another way to be an asshole, if you don't know your, grammar, that is. Peace. Dec 4, 2006