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peaceableness|ˈpiːsəb(ə)lnɪs|
Forms: see prec.
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality, character, or condition of being peaceable: a. Disposition to peace; b. Freedom from strife or disturbance, tranquillity.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 7832 Þare es alkyn delyces and eese, And syker peysibilnes and pese. 1382Wyclif Matt. viii. 26 He rysynge comaundide to the wyndis and the see, and a grete pesiblenesse is maad. 1530Palsgr. 253/2 Pesablenesse, taciturnité. 1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 50 Our heaven hath not floorishid so mutch heretofore thorouh peasablenes..as it is like shortly to decai thorouh contentiusnes. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xliv. (1614), Carausius..gouerned the Province with exceeding peaceablenesse. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xxxiii. 332 That City was able to govern it self in much honesty, justice, peaceableness and religion. 1834J. H. Newman Par. Serm. (1837) I. iii. 37 The spread of knowledge, bringing in its train..a selfish peaceableness. |