peace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pēs
ipa: /piːs/
ipa: /pis/
homophone: piece
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: peaces
Etymology: From 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. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).
Senses: examples: text: Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.
text: *Thinke not that I am come to ſend peace on earth: I came not to ſend peace, but a ſword.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:34:
text: 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.
ref: 2001, Carol Stream, Unshaken:
synonyms: word: frith
antonyms: disruption
noise
irritation
glosses: A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
examples: text: The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
glosses: A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
examples: text: ’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.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 53:
glosses: Death.
glosses: Harmony in personal relations.
examples: text: 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.
text: 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.
text: An uneasy peace descended upon Northern Ireland when the IRA agreed to a ceasefire in August 1994.
ref: 1996, Oliver Lindsay, Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards 1945-1995, page 374:
text: 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.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
text: May there be peace in our time.
antonyms: war
violence
glosses: A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
Derived terms: antipeace
at peace
at peace with
breach of the peace
Carthaginian peace
dispeace
disturb the peace
dove of peace
Greenpeace
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
makepeace
make peace
make-peace
no peace for the weary
officer of the peace
peaceability
peaceable
peace and quiet
peace belt
peace be upon her
peace be upon him
peace be with you
peace bond
peacebreaker
peacebreaking
peacebuilder
peacebuilding
peace camp
Peace Capital
Peace Corps
peace dividend
peace dollar
peace establishment
peace for our time
peaceful
Peacehaven
peace in our time
peacekeeper
peacekeeping
peaceless
peacelessness
peacelike
peace lily
peace line
peace-loving
peacemaker
peacemaking
peace march
peacemonger
peacemongering
peacen
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
peacespeak
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
peacetime
peace time
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
peacify
pipe of peace
piping times of peace
Prince of Peace
queen's peace
religion of peace
rest in peace
R.I.P. in peace
RIP in peace
separate peace
sleep in heavenly peace
speak now or forever hold your peace
swear the peace
unpeace
wand of peace
we come in peace
white peace
world peace
Related terms: pacific
pacify
pacification
pacifism
pacifist