Peaceable Definition

pēsə-bəl
adjective
Fond of, inclined toward, or promoting peace; not quarrelsome.
Webster's New World
At peace; peaceful.
Webster's New World

Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]

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Origin of Peaceable

  • From Anglo-Norman pesible, peisible, Middle French paisible, from pais (“peace") + -ible; later remodelled after peace +"Ž -able.

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Peaceable Sentence Examples

  • St Paul also believes in this, but insists that it is subordinate to the peaceable fruits of righteousness.

  • Immense damage was inflicted by these marauders on the subjects of the empire, who seem to have been mostly too peaceable to defend themselves, and whom the emperor could not spare troops enough to protect.

  • In the result nothing disturbed his peaceable possession of the see.

  • They are now peaceable fisher-folk, who show considerable Mode of ingenuity in their calling.

  • A good many people got together, whose numbers kept increasing as the meeting proceeded, which was very peaceable and quiet.

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