tranquillityn.
/traŋˈkwɪlɪti/ The quality or state of being tranquil; freedom from disturbance or agitation; serenity, calmness; quietness, peacefulness.
a. Of the mind or affairs.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]
resteOE
peacea1225
egalityc1374
tranquillityc1374
peaceabilityc1384
sobernessc1384
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
evenheadc1440
equalitya1475
equability1531
sobermood1556
calmness1561
evenness1561
serenity1599
collection1602
equilibrium1608
calm1609
temperateness1609
composedness1611
recollection1611
temper1611
unpassionateness1611
placidity1619
sereneness1628
attemperature1635
quietationa1639
equableness1641
steadiness1642
sedateness1647
imperturbation1648
placidness1654
centredness1662
equanimity1663
composure1667
serenitude1672
equalness1675
unperturbedness1676
dispassion1690
quietism1735
serene1744
relaxednessa1750
self-composure1762
sober-mindedness1767
collectedness1789
unprovokedness1795
comfortableness1815
repose1815
levelness1824
dispassionateness1842
unruffledness1858
passionlessness1867
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
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. pr. iv. 29 By tranquillite [v.r. -tee] of thi sowle.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 29 Lyvenge in peace and tranquillite after that tyme.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xi. C The iust laboure for peace and tranquylite.
1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 17 That Court which is, forum spirituale, considers the publique tranquility.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 29 There is no such thing as perpetuall Tranquillity of mind, while we live here.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xi. 27 A preliminary step toward the restoration of tranquillity.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 19 The tiny birds..hopped about in perfect tranquillity.
b. Of the weather, the elements, etc.
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c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxvii Sey to..þe norþen wynde, ‘blowe not’; & þere shal be gret tranquillite.
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel Ep. Ded. f. 2 Therfore is this tranquilite of the sea for that litle tyme, as a trwce taking in the winter, called the halcions dayes.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 82 We fully expected..to have experienced the celebrated tranquillity of the Pacifick Ocean.
1823 W. Wordsworth Volant Tribe of Bards The intense tranquillity Of silent hills, and more than silent sky.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1855) x. 336 Bearing in..its own deep tranquillity, the reflection of the tranquillity of the heavens.
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