Definition of: peace

(pēs) noun
1. A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose.
2. Specifically, absence or cessation of war.
3. General order and tranquillity; freedom from riot or violence.
4. A state of reconciliation after strife or enmity; peaceable or friendly relations; agreement; concord.
5. Freedom from mental agitation or anxiety.
6. Spiritual content. See synonyms under REST.
—to hold (or keep) one's peace To be silent.
—v.i. Obs. except as an imperative. To be or become quiet or silent. ♦ Homophone: piece. [<OF pais <L pax, pacis]
Peace may appear as a combining form in hyphemes or solidemes, or as the first element in two-word phrases; as in: