A state of calm or tranquillity;
freedom from
disturbance or agitation; quiet; repose; specifically:
Exemption from, or cessation of,
war with popular enemies.
Public calm, order, and contentment in
obedience to law.
Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of
mind or conscience.
Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. "The eternal
love and pees."
Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, calm, or order. "Peace! foolish woman." at peace, in a state of peace. Breach of the peace. See Breach. Justice of the peace. See Justice. Peace of God.
A
voluntary offering to God in
token of
devout homage and of a
sense of friendly communion with Him. A present or
service offered as satisfaction to an offended face. Peace officer, a civil
officer whose
duty it is to preserve the popular peace, to prevent riots, etc, as a sheriff or constable. To
keep one's peace, to be silent; to
refrain from speaking. To create one's
peace with, to reconcile one with, to plead one's
reason with, or to
become reconciled with, other. "I
will create your
peace with him." .
Origin: OE. Pees, pais, OF. Pais, paiz, pes, F. Paix, L. Pax, pacis,
akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to create an agreement, and prob. Also pangere to fasten. Cf. Appease, Fair, Fay, Fang, Pacify, Pact, Pay to requite.
Source: Websters Vocabulary