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   peace·a·ble

   /ˈpēsəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. inclined to avoid argument or violent conflict: "they were famed as an industrious, peaceable, practical people" Similar peace-lovingunwarlikenonbelligerentnonviolentnoncombativenonaggressiveconflict-freeeasyeasygoingplacidgentlemeekmildinoffensivegood-naturedeven-temperedamiableamicablefriendlyaffablegenialcivilcooperativeconciliatorypacificpacifistantiwardove-likedovishrare:irenicpacifisticOpposite aggressivebelligerent
   • ▪ free from argument or conflict; peaceful: "the mainly peaceable daily demonstrations for democratic reform" Similar peacefulstrife-freeharmoniousamicableamiablefriendlycordialwell behavedlaw-abidingdisciplinedorderlycivilizedarchaic:rulyOpposite unrulywarring

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French peisible, alteration of plaisible, from late Latin placibilis ‘pleasing’, from Latin placere ‘to please’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. peaceableness noun
   • 2. peaceably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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