peacefulness

English

Etymology

peaceful +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

peacefulness (usually uncountable, plural peacefulnesses)

1. The state of being peaceful.
   • 1892, Elijah P. Brown, Blasts from a Ram's Horn, page 238:

     His trust in God was exemplified in his constant peacefulness and freedom from all concern on the question of supplies, no matter how unassuring the outlook happened to be.

Synonyms

• tranquillity
• See also Thesaurus:calmness

Related terms

• peace
• peaceful

Translations

state of being peaceful

• Afrikaans: vreedsaamheid
• Esperanto: trankvileco, trankvilo
• Polish: bezkonfliktowość (pl) f
• Scottish Gaelic: sàmhchair f,ciùineas m
• Swedish: frid (sv)