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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peaceable \peace"able\, a. oe. peisible, f. paisible.
   begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not
   disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
   -- peace"ableness, n. -- peace"ably, adv.
   1913 webster

   syn: peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed;
        serene; still.

   usage: peaceable, peaceful. peaceable describes the state
          of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to
          external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect
          to internal disturbance. the former denotes "in the
          spirit of peace;" latter; "in the possession or
          enjoyment of peace." a peaceable adjustment of
          difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
          1913 webster
see also:
peace"ableness peace"ably peaceable peaceful 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
peaceable
     adj 1: inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable
            spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" syn: peace-loving
     2: disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific
        temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice
        rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in
        a peaceable and orderly manner" syn: pacific
see also:
peace-loving pacific 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
118 moby thesaurus words for "peaceable":
   agreeable, amiable, amicable, at peace, at rest, bland, bloodless,
   broken, brotherly, calm, chastened, civil, civilian, cloistered,
   compatible, complaisant, conciliatory, concordant, congenial, cool,
   cordial, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing,
   even-tenored, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial,
   gentle, halcyon, harmonious, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic,
   impassive, inoffensive, irenic, isolated, judicious, kind,
   lamblike, meek, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering,
   neighborlike, neighborly, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant,
   nonviolent, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic,
   pastoral, peace-loving, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid,
   pleasant, prudent, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful,
   resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered,
   simpatico, sisterly, smooth, sober, sociable, soft, still,
   still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued,
   subsiding, sympathique, tame, tamed, temperate, tranquil,
   unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile,
   unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled,
   unstirring, untroubled, waning, well-affected, well-disposed,
   well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant





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