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Roget-categorie 721

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.4. Antagonism
›› 5.4.2. Active antagonism

#721. Peace

zelfstandig naamwoord

peace amity etc. (friendship) 888harmony etc. (concord) 714tranquility, calm etc. (quiescence) 265truce, peace treaty, accord etc. (pacification) 723peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace.
piping time of peace, quiet lifeneutrality.
[symbol of peace] dove of peace, white dove.
[person who favors peace] dove.
pax Romana [Lat.]Pax Americana [Lat.].

werkwoord

be at peacekeep the peace etc. (concord) 714.
make peace etc. 723.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

pacificpeaceable, peacefulcalm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyonbloodlessneutral.
dovish

uitdrukking

the storm blown overthe lion lies down with the lamball quiet on the Potomac —" paritur pax bello [Lat.] [Nepos]; peace hath her victories no less renowned than peace hath her victories no less renowned than war" [Milton]; they make a desert and they call it peace.
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