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PEACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A treaty to cease hostilities
Example:
peace came on November 11th
Synonyms:
pacification; peace; peace treaty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
accord; pact; treaty (a written agreement between two states or sovereigns)
Instance hyponyms:
Peace of Westphalia (the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648)
Treaty of Versailles (the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans)
Derivation:
pacify (fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The absence of mental stress or anxiety
Synonyms:
ataraxis; heartsease; peace; peace of mind; peacefulness; repose; serenity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
quietness; quietude; tranquility; tranquillity (a state of peace and quiet)
Derivation:
pacify (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
Example:
the roommates lived in peace together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
concord; concordance; harmony (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)
Derivation:
pacify (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state prevailing during the absence of war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
order (established customary state (especially of society))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peace"):
amity (a state of friendship and cordiality)
armistice; cease-fire; truce (a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms)
conciliation (the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled)
collective security (a system for international peace)
Pax Romana (the Roman peace; the long period of peace enforced on states in the Roman Empire)
Antonym:
war (a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply)
Derivation:
pacify (fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location))
Sense 5
Meaning:
The general security of public places
Example:
he was arrested for disturbing the peace
Synonyms:
peace; public security
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
security (the state of being free from danger or injury)
Derivation:
pacify (fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location))
Context examples:
I was in an agony of despair for a long time after you left me; it seemed hours. Then there came a sudden peace to me.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
They never had a moment’s rest or peace.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She waits until her husband is asleep, and then she rushes down to endeavour to persuade them to leave her in peace.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you can enjoy it in peace, well and good!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment’s safety.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Your wicked project upon her peace turns out a clever thought indeed.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
We shall have no peace at Longbourn if Lydia does not go to Brighton.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
So matters stood between them at the time when peace was made and my father came home from the sea.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Harriet listened, and Emma drew in peace.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
With one who so injured the peace of the dearest of our friends, and the best of men!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
