PEACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peace mean?
• PEACE (noun)
The noun PEACE has 5 senses:
1. the state prevailing during the absence of war
2. harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
3. the absence of mental stress or anxiety
4. the general security of public places
5. a treaty to cease hostilities
Familiarity information: PEACE used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• PEACE (noun)
Meaning:
The state prevailing during the absence of war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
order (established customary state (especially of society))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peace"):
amity (a state of friendship and cordiality)
armistice; cease-fire; truce (a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms)
conciliation (the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled)
collective security (a system for international peace)
Pax Romana (the Roman peace; the long period of peace enforced on states in the Roman Empire)
Antonym:
war (a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply)
Meaning:
Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the roommates lived in peace together
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
concord; concordance; harmony (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)
Meaning:
The absence of mental stress or anxiety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
ataraxis; peace of mind; serenity; repose; peacefulness; peace; heartsease
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
quietness; quietude; tranquility; tranquillity (a state of peace and quiet)
Meaning:
The general security of public places
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
public security; peace
Context example:
he was arrested for disturbing the peace
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
security (the state of being free from danger or injury)
Meaning:
A treaty to cease hostilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
peace treaty; pacification; peace
Context example:
peace came on November 11th
Hypernyms ("peace" is a kind of...):
accord; pact; treaty (a written agreement between two states or sovereigns)
Instance hyponyms:
Peace of Westphalia (the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648)
Treaty of Versailles (the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans)
