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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peaceful \Peace"ful\, adjective
1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
Syn: See {Peaceable}. --{Peace"ful*ly}, adverb. -- {Peace"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
peaceful
adjective
1: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [ant: {unpeaceful}]
2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" [syn: {passive}]
3: (of groups) not violent or disorderly; "the right of peaceful assembly" [syn: {law-abiding}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "peaceful": accordant, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amicable, at one, at peace, at rest, attuned, bland, bloodless, calm, cheerful, cloistered, collected, comfortable, comfy, commodious, compatible, composed, concordant, congenial, constant, contented, convenient, cool, coolheaded, corresponding, cozy, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, dwindling, easeful, easy, ebbing, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, equable, even-tenored, frictionless, friendly, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hushed, idyllic, impassive, in accord, in concert, in rapport, in tune, inharmony, intimate, irenic, isolated, judicious, like-minded, lived-in, luxurious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering, nonviolent, of one mind, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pastoral, peaceable, peacetime, philosophical, piping, placid, plain, prudent, quiescent, quiet, relaxing, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, roomy, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, simple, smooth, snug, sober, soft, steady, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, sympathetic, tame, temperate, together, tranquil, unagitated, understanding, undisturbed, united, unmoved, unperturbed, unpretending, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, warm
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