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Definition of Peacefulness
1. Noun. A state that is calm and tranquil.
Generic synonyms: Amity
Specialized synonyms: Mollification
Derivative terms: Peaceable, Peaceable, Peaceful
2. Noun. The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
Generic synonyms: Quietness, Quietude, Tranquility, Tranquillity
Derivative terms: Pacify
Definition of Peacefulness
1. Noun. The state of being peaceful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peacefulness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacefulness
Literary usage of Peacefulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"W. Van Fleet. 11 Farmers' Bul 613:1-15 '14 Goldenweiser, AA Atlanta riots and
the origin of magic. New False peacefulness. ..."
2. In the Strange South Seas by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1908)
"The peacefulness of a Pacific Calm—A Golden Dust Heap—Among the Rookeries—Sailing
on the Land— All about Guano. THE pirate captain was gone when the ..."
3. A Soldier of France to His Mother: Letters from the Trenches on the Western by Eugène Emmanuel Lemercier (1917)
"And this is the peacefulness of our morning. But who would believe that you have
simply to turn your head in another direction to see only burnings and ..."
4. Familiar Letters of Ann Willson by Ann Willson (1850)
"Have I already told thee that our cousin J. Jacobs has thus early exchanged the
earthly for the heavenly house—expressed her resignation and peacefulness, ..."
5. The Baptist Magazine by Baptist Missionary Society (1854)
"A gentle pressure of the hand, growing more and more feeble as life waned, showed
the peacefulness of the spirit about to take its homeward flight. ..."
6. From Glory to Glory; Or, The Christian's Glorious Ministry by Maria Lydia Winkler (1903)
"peacefulness is deeper than peace. It is the fulness of peace shed abroad ...
Restfulness is satisfied with its own condition of rest, peacefulness reaches ..."
7. The preacher's commentary on the Book of Jeremiah by William Harvey- Jellie, Frederick William Brown (1882)
"L Wrath destroys the peacefulness upon them. Their souls shall dwell in CHAPTER
... peacefulness ..."
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