Word Finder - peace

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A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

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Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.

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• frith

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A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.

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The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.

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Harmony in personal relations.

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A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

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May there be peace in our time.

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To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.

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To peace out.

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Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.

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Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.

I shall not be at peace till you promise me this.

I feel at peace and settled.

There was peace and happiness...

The sense of peace and calm at his core returned as her energy flowed through him.

Leave me in peace, his looks seemed to say.

In peace let us pray unto the Lord.

Several members, including Qatwal, may be willing to aid you in regaining your planet after you've reached a peace treaty.

We will end war by making peace more desirable.

She withdrew, taking the feeling of peace with her.

She deserves to know, if only for her peace of mind.

Young people, who would be expected to do the dying if another war came, are generally more determined to keep the peace than their elders.

If peace happens, all is well.

There they might live in peace and safety while all the country round was overrun by rude and barbarous men.

And through this, peace is promoted.

If it can be demonstrated that in the future, peace will always be preferable to all nations, then war will end.

Public opinion is a powerful force, and if it is generally a force for peace, then the web magnifies it.

A hand swept the dark memories from her mind, and she sagged against Darian, feeling the same sense of peace overtake his mind.

He suspected the Council members knew more and that this night of relative peace was the last he would know for a very long time.

I will not propose that we should "give peace a chance."

After speaking about the economic costs of war, the burden it places on the economy, and the toll this takes on the people, Eisenhower closed by describing the peace proposals he was offering Russia and China.

Promise you'll barter my freedom if Qatwali imprisons me on this peace mission.

I will not make peace as long as a single armed enemy remains in my country!

Wouldn.t you like to have Kris out of the way, so you and your human treat can live in peace somewhere?

I have no planet, half an army, no food or water for my people, and I must broker a peace deal.

Wondering how much he should say, A'Ran's gaze went to another screen first, the one listing the details of their unsuccessful peace mission.

Evelyn knew she didn't deserve to feel at peace after the mess she dragged Kiera into, but she did feel it, and it made her genuinely content for the first time since she'd kidnapped her best friend.

It had been addressed to the Peace Command Center—the site where peace had been declared and the new government created after the East-West Civil War—in Colorado.

Although they were rich, they lived simply and were at peace with all the world.

Of course, politics being what it is, the Peace Dividend was spent a dozen times over by as many special interests who felt they were the most deserving of such an unexpected largess.

Public opinion is ever more in the peace camp because the vast majority of the economy doesn't benefit financially in times of war.

More information leads to more peace, unless you want to argue that ignorance is more peaceful.

This is a force for peace, as more and more people have family members in more than one culture and share the interests of more than one nationality.

In my opinion perpetual peace is possible but--I do not know how to express it... not by a balance of political power....

Another emissary rode to the Russian line to announce the peace negotiations and to offer the Russian army the three days' truce.

But that day's encounter in church had, he felt, sunk deeper than was desirable for his peace of mind.

The brunette stood between Traci and Rainy, as if she were trying to broker a peace deal between two warring countries.

She was his, and she brought him a sense of peace.

That was assault of a peace officer in the performance of his duty.

His peace ruined, he rose and strode into the fortress.

The assassin left him in peace, and he stayed awake the rest of the night, watching over her.

Maybe then, she.d know peace.

The couple gave each other another heated look, and she wolfed down her food before leaving them in peace.

Instead of everyone running around, slipping and sliding, shoveling slushy muck and shivering, here people just shift into a lower gear, listen to the quiet and enjoy the temporary peace.

I can use the peace.

We can meet at the Peace Command Center.

We might as well leave her in peace.

All Podébrad's endeavours to establish peace with Rome proved ineffectual, and though the death of Pius II.

This promotes peace and deters war.

We will avoid war because it is unprofitable; and while that is not a moral reason, any reason that brings peace is fine by me.

What underlying mechanisms would make the Democratic Peace Theory "work"?