Meaning of PEACEABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'peesubul
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- [adj] disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner"
- [adj] inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable spirit"; "peace-loving citizens"
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| | Synonyms: | | pacific, peaceful, peace-loving |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Peace"a*ble\, a. [OE. peisible, F. paisible.]
Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not
disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
-- {Peace"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Peace"a*bly}, adv.
Syn: Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed;
serene; still.
Usage: {Peaceable}, {Peaceful}. Peaceable describes the state
of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to
external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect
to internal disturbance. The former denotes ``in the
spirit of peace;'' latter; ``in the possession or
enjoyment of peace.'' A peaceable adjustment of
difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
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| | Related Terms: | | agreeable, amiable, amicable, at peace, at rest, bland, bloodless, broken, brotherly, calm, chastened, civil, civilian, cloistered, compatible, complaisant, conciliatory, concordant, congenial, cool, cordial, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic, impassive, inoffensive, irenic, isolated, judicious, kind, lamblike, meek, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering, neighborlike, neighborly, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pastoral, peaceful, peace-loving, peacetime, piping, placid, pleasant, prudent, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, simpatico, sisterly, smooth, sober, sociable, soft, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued, subsiding, sympathique, tame, tamed, temperate, tranquil, unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant |
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