Definitions for Peace
Peace
peace
Spelling: [pees]
IPA: /pis/
Peace is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 37 anagrams from letters in Peace (aceep).
Definitions for Peace
noun
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the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
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(often initial capital letter) an agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic nations, groups, etc., to end hostilities and abstain from further fighting or antagonism:
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a state of mutual harmony between people or groups, especially in personal relations:
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the normal freedom from civil commotion and violence of a community; public order and security:
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cessation of or freedom from any strife or dissension.
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freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, anxiety, an obsession, etc.; tranquillity; serenity.
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a state of tranquillity or serenity:
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a state or condition conducive to, proceeding from, or characterized by tranquillity:
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silence; stillness:
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(initial capital letter, italics) a comedy (421 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
Idioms
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at peace,
in a state or relationship of nonbelligerence or concord; not at war.
untroubled; tranquil; content.
deceased.
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hold / keep one's peace, to refrain from or cease speaking; keep silent:
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keep the peace, to maintain order; cause to refrain from creating a disturbance:
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make one's peace with, to become reconciled with:
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make peace, to ask for or arrange a cessation of hostilities or antagonism.
interjection
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(used to express greeting or farewell or to request quietness or silence).
verb (used without object)
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Obsolete. to be or become silent.
Origin of Peace
1125-75; Middle English pes Old French, variant of pais Latin pax (stem pāc-); akin to pact
Examples for Peace
But without any peace talks on the horizon, everyone is now left to their own devices.
We should recollect also that the season of peace is best adapted to these preparations.
They called for peace, reconciliation, and the safe return of Father Gregorio.
Where shall I find a quiet church where I may say his De profundis in peace?
It had the pure and placid expression of the human soul, when it dwells in love and peace.
Our peace with the power with whom we had been engaged had also been concluded.
What, I suspect, we really want from Santa is peace (and quiet) at home for the holidays.
May her ways be ways of pleasantness and all her paths be peace!
But others dismiss them, saying this is nothing but the daydream of people who long for some peace.
He says biking long distances is “like coming to peace in your mind and your body.”