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peace
[ pees ]
noun
- the nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Often Peace. an agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic nations, groups, etc., to end hostilities and abstain from further fighting or antagonism:
the Peace of Ryswick.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a state of mutual harmony between people or groups, especially in personal relations:
Try to live in peace with your neighbors.
Synonyms: , ,
- the normal freedom from civil commotion and violence of a community; public order and security:
He was arrested for being drunk and disturbing the peace.
- cessation of or freedom from any strife or dissension.
- freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, anxiety, an obsession, etc.; tranquility; serenity:
Has therapy helped you find the peace you’ve been looking for?
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: , ,
- a state of tranquility or serenity:
May he rest in peace.
- a state or condition conducive to, proceeding from, or characterized by tranquility:
the peace of a mountain resort.
The cawing of a crow broke the afternoon's peace.
- Peace, a comedy (421 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
interjection
- (used to express greeting or farewell or to request quietness or silence.)
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to be or become silent.
peace
/ ±è¾±Ë²õ /
noun
- the state existing during the absence of war
- ( as modifier )
peace negotiations
- modifier denoting a person or thing symbolizing support for international peace
peace women
- often capital a treaty marking the end of a war
- a state of harmony between people or groups; freedom from strife
- law and order within a state; absence of violence or other disturbance
a breach of the peace
- absence of mental anxiety (often in the phrase peace of mind )
- a state of stillness, silence, or serenity
- at peace
- in a state of harmony or friendship
- in a state of serenity
- dead
the old lady is at peace now
- hold one's peace or keep one's peaceto keep silent
- keep the peaceto maintain or refrain from disturbing law and order
- make one's peace withto become reconciled with
- make peaceto bring hostilities to an end
verb
- obsolete.intr to be or become silent or still
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ±è±ð²¹³¦±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ±è±ð²¹³¦±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ·ness noun
- ±è±ð²¹³¦±ð·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±è±ð²¹³¦±ð noun
- self-peace noun
- ²õ±ð³¾Â·¾±Â·±è±ð²¹³¦±ð noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peace1
Idioms and Phrases
- at peace,
- in a state or relationship of nonbelligerence or concord; not at war.
- untroubled; tranquil; content.
- deceased.
- hold / keep one's peace, to refrain from or cease speaking; keep silent:
Can you please just hold your peace until I'm done talking?
- keep the peace, to maintain order; cause to refrain from creating a disturbance:
Several officers of the law were on hand to keep the peace.
- make one's peace with, to become reconciled with:
He repaired the fence he had broken and made his peace with the neighbor on whose property it stood.
- make peace, to ask for or arrange a cessation of hostilities or antagonism.
More idioms and phrases containing peace
In addition to the idiom beginning with peace , also see at peace ; hold one's tongue (peace) ; keep the peace ; leave someone in peace ; make one's peace with ; make peace .Example Sentences
And so now I stand here, 48 years old, and I’m totally at peace with what I walked through in my life because I righted the situation.
Dr Moore says, "I think he's passed… He's at peace now."
Hudson’s arguments about how police-related social policies have little basis in outcomes and data are persuasive, and so are her calls for starting small and establishing more human, peaceful methods of keeping the peace.
They include committing a felony while on bail, resisting a peace officer causing serious bodily injury, battery on a peace officer, escaping custody using force and violating probation.
The government source said the main focus was achieving peace and there was little hope of the war ending by Easter.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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