[Sửa]Serenity, tranquillity, calm, calmness, placidity orplacidness, peace of mind, quiet, peacefulness, peaceableness,stillness: For a summer holiday, we enjoy the peace of theLakes.
[Sửa]Harmony, accord, harmoniousness, concord, amity,peacefulness, peacetime; cease-fire, armistice, truce: Sincethe Second World War, Europe has enjoyed more than 45 years ofrelative peace.
[Sửa]Euphem. dead. hold ones peace keep silence. keep the peaceprevent, or refrain from, strife. make ones peace (often foll.by with) re-establish friendly relations. make peace bringabout peace; reconcile. the peace (or the queens peace) peaceexisting within a realm; civil order. Peace Corps US anorganization sending young people to work as volunteers indeveloping countries. peace-offering 1 a propitiatory orconciliatory gift.
[Sửa]Bibl. an offering presented as athanksgiving to God. peace-pipe a tobacco-pipe as a token ofpeace among US Indians. [ME f. AF pes, OF pais f. L pax pacis]