peace /pēs/

1. A state of quiet
2. Freedom from disturbance
3. Freedom from war
4. Cessation of war
5. A treaty that ends a war
6. Freedom from contention
7. Ease of mind or conscience
8. Tranquillity
9. Quiet
10. Stillness
11. Silence

To be silent

1. Silence
2. Be silent (historical)

peaceˈable adjective

1. Disposed to peace
2. Peaceful

peaceˈableness noun

peaceˈably adverb

peaceˈful adjective

1. Enjoying peace
2. Tending towards or favouring peace
3. Inclined to peace
4. Belonging to time of peace
5. Consistent with peace
6. Tranquil
7. Calm
8. Serene

peaceˈfully adverb

peaceˈfulness noun

peaceˈless adjective

peaceˈlessness noun

peaceˈnik noun

A pacifist, esp in a derogatory sense

peaceˈ-breaker noun

A person who breaks or disturbs the peace

peace camp noun

A camp set up by anti-war protesters close to a military establishment

Peace Corps noun

(in the USA and various other countries) a government agency that sends volunteers to developing countries to help with agricultural, technological and educational schemes

peace dividend noun

1. Money left over from a government's defence budget as a result of negotiated arms reduction policies, available for peaceable (esp social) use
2. The fact of having such surplus money

peace drug or peace pill noun (informal)

A hallucinogen (PCP)

peace establishment noun

The reduced military strength maintained in time of peace

peaceˈkeeper noun

peaceˈkeeping adjective

(peacekeeping force a military force sent into an area with the task of preventing fighting between opposing factions)

peaceˈmaker noun

1. A person who makes or produces peace
2. A person who reconciles enemies
3. A revolver (old facetious)

peaceˈmaking noun

peaceˈ-monger noun

A peacemaker from the point of view of those who think him or her a sentimental busybody

peace offering noun

1. (among the Jews) a thank-offering to God
2. A gift offered towards reconciliation, propitiation, or deprecation

peace officer noun

1. An officer whose duty it is to preserve the peace
2. A police-officer

peaceˈ-partˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Dismissed from the world in peace

peaceˈ-parˈty noun

A political party advocating the making or the preservation of peace

peace pill see peace drug above.

peace pipe noun

The calumet

peace process noun

Long-term negotiations leading to resolution of a conflict

peace sign noun

A sign made with the index and middle fingers in the form of a V, with palm turned outwards, indicating a wish for peace

peaceˈtime noun

Time when there is no war

adjective

Of peacetime

peaceˈ-warrant noun

A warrant of arrest issued by a Justice of the Peace

at peace

1. In a state of peace
2. Not at war

breach of the peace see under breach

hold one's peace

To remain silent

in peace

In enjoyment of peace

keep the peace

1. To refrain from disturbing the public peace
2. To refrain from, or to prevent, contention

kiss of peace see under kiss

letter of peace see pacifical under pacify

make one's peace with

To reconcile or to be reconciled with

make peace

To end a war

peace of God

The protection from acts of private warfare formerly offered by the Church to consecrated persons and places, and on Sundays and holy days

swear the peace

To take oath before a magistrate that a certain person ought to be put under bond to keep the peace

the king's or queen's peace see under king

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