indisturbancen.
/ɪndɪˈstəːbəns/ Now rare.
Absence of disturbance; undisturbed condition; quietness, tranquillity.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun]
stillnessc888
roOE
stilth?c1225
lowna1250
peacea1275
restc1350
tranquillityc1374
leea1400
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
quiet?c1450
restfulnessc1450
quiety?a1500
quietation?1504
calm1547
calmness1561
peacefulnessa1566
halcyon1567
repose1577
quietude1598
still1608
hushtness1609
reposedness1616
reposeness1617
serenity1641
undisturbedness1649
indisturbance1660
pacateness1666
sleep1807
tranquilness1818
requiescence1837
reposefulness1872
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 22 You.., neither perceive, through want of knowledge, the bounds of indisturbance and perturbation.
a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) i. 13 Speaking ill upon presumption of secrecy, and thence of indisturbance and impunity.
1770 J. Beattie Ess. Truth iii. ii. 459 We are told, that the end of scepticism, as it was taught by Pyrrho..was to obtain indisturbance.
1866 J. F. Ferrier Lect. Greek Philos. I. xv. 469 Perceiving our ignorance to be inevitable, we shall live in a state of..mental indisturbance.
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