peace
See also: Peace
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Displaced native Old English sibb and friþ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpeace (usually uncountable, plural peaces)
- A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence.
- Synonyms: (poetic) frith; see also Thesaurus:calm
- Antonyms: disruption, violence
- 2001, Carol Stream, Unshaken:
- Naomi boasted in nothing but the God of Israel. And she found peace even in the midst of chaos when she went to Him in prayer.
- Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
- The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
- (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIV, page 53:
- ’Twere best at once to sink to peace,
Like birds the charming serpent draws,
To drop head-foremost in the jaws
Of vacant darkness and to cease.
- Harmony in personal relations.
- A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- 1969 March 31, John Lennon, Bagism Press Conference at Sacher Hotel, Vienna
- Now, a lot of cynics have said, “Oh, it’s easy to sit in bed for seven days,” but I’d like some of them to try it, and talk for seven days about peace. All we’re saying is give peace a chance.
- 1993, Mark Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Link: The Faces of Evil, Philips Interactive Media (publ.).
- My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
- 1996, Oliver Lindsay, Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards 1945-1995, page 374:
- An uneasy peace descended upon Northern Ireland when the IRA agreed to a ceasefire in August 1994.
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
- May there be peace in our time.
- 1969 March 31, John Lennon, Bagism Press Conference at Sacher Hotel, Vienna
Derived terms
edit- at peace
- at peace with
- breach of the peace
- Carthaginian peace
- disturb the peace
- dove of peace
- guardian of the peace
- hold one's peace
- I come in peace
- industrial peace
- inner peace
- in peace
- Justice of the Peace
- keep one's peace
- keep the peace
- king's peace
- kiss of peace
- letters of peace
- long peace
- make-peace
- make peace
- no peace for the weary
- officer of the peace
- peaceable
- peace and quiet
- peace belt
- peace be upon her
- peace be upon him
- peace be with you
- peace bond
- peacebreaker
- peacebuilding
- peace camp
- Peace Corps
- peace dividend
- peace dollar
- peace establishment
- peace for our time
- peaceful
- Peacehaven
- peace in our time
- peacekeeper
- peacekeeping
- peaceless
- peacelessness
- peace lily
- peace line
- peace-loving
- peacemaker
- peacemaking
- peace march
- peacemonger
- peacenik
- peace-nik
- peace offering
- peace officer
- peace of mind
- peace order
- peace out
- peace pill
- peace pipe
- peace process
- Peace River
- peace sign
- peace silk
- peace symbol
- peace talk
- peace talks
- peace that passes all understanding
- peace that passes understanding
- peace that passeth all understanding
- peace that passeth understanding
- peace through strength
- peace time
- peacetime
- peace treaty
- peace wall
- peace which passes all understanding
- peace which passes understanding
- peace which passeth all understanding
- peace which passeth understanding
- peace work
- peace worker
- pipe of peace
- piping times of peace
- Prince of Peace
- queen's peace
- religion of peace
- rest in peace
- RIP in peace
- R.I.P. in peace
- separate peace
- sleep in heavenly peace
- speak now or forever hold your peace
- swear the peace
- wand of peace
- we come in peace
- white peace
- world peace
English terms starting with “peace”
Related terms
editTranslations
edittranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence
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state of mind
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harmony; lack of conflict in personal relations
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state of being free from war
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Interjection
editpeace
- (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- “Hark!” said the old woman, triumphantly. “I hear a step coming. […] Do you hear him?”
“I believe you are right, mother,” replied Alice, in a low voice. “Peace! open the door.”
- 1882, Mark Twain, chapter 6, in The Prince and the Pauper:
- "Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the king's command? Remember I am party to thy crime, if I but listen."
- (slang) Peace out; goodbye.
Verb
editpeace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced)
- To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
- Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
- 2006, Wayne Grady, Bringing back the dodo: lessons in natural and unnatural history:
- In another northern species, ptarmigan, such a see-saw pattern between warring and peacing has indeed been observed by researchers.
- (slang) To peace out.
- 2012, Jens Lapidus, Easy Money:
- Fuck, man. Yeah, I know. He crashed with this guy, Eddie. Then the cops called me in. That's when he peaced. I swear on my father's grave, I don't know where he went. I swear.
Further reading
edit- “peace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “peace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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