Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being peaceable; quietness; disposition to peace.
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- noun A state of being
calm , orpeaceful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state that is calm and tranquil
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Examples
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There may be prudence and discreet forbearance, and a show of friendship and good-will to all; but this true Christian peaceableness is never found separate from holiness.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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But in determined peaceableness they will lead others to flood the streets, raise the banners, fill the jails.
Rose Marie Berger: God's Wrath Caused East Coast Earthquake Rose Marie Berger 2011
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But in determined peaceableness they will lead others to flood the streets, raise the banners, fill the jails.
Rose Marie Berger: God's Wrath Caused East Coast Earthquake Rose Marie Berger 2011
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But in determined peaceableness they will lead others to flood the streets, raise the banners, fill the jails.
Rose Marie Berger: God's Wrath Caused East Coast Earthquake Rose Marie Berger 2011
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Visiting Afghanistan last month, I saw the flood of money, the gushing pipeline of dollars, we are spending to win the love and support, and foster the peaceableness, of the people of Afghanistan.
Would Ike Have Gone to Libya? Peggy Noonan 2011
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But in determined peaceableness they will lead others to flood the streets, raise the banners, fill the jails.
Rose Marie Berger: God's Wrath Caused East Coast Earthquake Rose Marie Berger 2011
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The cause of all these things, — the peaceableness, and the polygamy, and the tired neck of Aab-Waak, — goes back among the years to the time when the schooner Search dropped anchor in Mandell Bay, and when
THE SUNLANDERS 2010
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Where are the children's tv shows that promote brotherhood, acceptance of differences, and peaceableness?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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There was an economic aspect to this peaceableness.
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Relating it to the question of the peaceableness of the march, and answering to the challenge whether responsibility for violence should be laid in the hands of the police or of the youth, Cillié found that the march had been carefully planned.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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