peace : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite dead
  gone; departed; at rest; asleep; deceased.
  
  • he is deceased
  • our dear departed friend

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• in a state of peace.

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• disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace.

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• noun any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
  disorderly behavior; disorderly conduct; breach of the peace.
  

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• . See under Breach.

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• a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. Eng.

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• noun any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
  disorderly behavior; disorderly conduct; breach of the peace.
  

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• noun a local magistrate with limited powers
  

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• (Law), a judicial officer or subordinate magistrate appointed for the conservation of the peace in a specified district, with other incidental powers specified in his commission. In the United States a justice of the peace has jurisdiction to adjudicate certain minor cases, commit offenders, etc.

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
  pax.
  

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• verb end hostilities
  
  • The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace

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• noun someone who tries to bring peace
  peacemaker; conciliator; reconciler; pacifier.
  

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Make"-peace` noun

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1. A peacemaker. R. Shak.

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• noun any policy that advocates maintaining peaceful international relations
  

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• noun a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries
  

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• noun a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
  ND; North Dakota.
  

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• noun opening move in negotiating a peace treaty
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
  spathe flower; spathiphyllum.
  

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• noun a protest march against (a particular) war and in favor of peace
  

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• . (Law) (a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct. (b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God.

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• noun the absence of mental stress or anxiety
  peacefulness; peace; ataraxis; repose; serenity; heartsease.
  

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• noun the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648
  

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• noun something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace
  olive branch.
  

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• . (a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him . (b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person.

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• noun an officer of the law
  law officer; lawman.
  

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• a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable.

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• noun a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
  peace pipe; calumet.
  

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• noun any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities
  

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• noun a treaty to cease hostilities
  pacification; peace.
  
  • peace came on November 11th

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• adjective satellite inclined or disposed to peace
  peaceable.
  
  • they met in a peaceable spirit
  • peace-loving citizens

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• noun a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
  peace pipe; calumet.
  

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• sittings held by justices of the peace. Eng.

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• to be silent; to refrain from speaking.
• to keep silence. -

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• (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace.

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• to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. "I will make your peace with him." Shak.

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• to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, a custom of the American Indians.

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• to make oath that one is under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the person, in which case the person must find sureties that he will keep the peace.

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• (Scots Law), a wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law.

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