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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. inclined or disposed to peace;
- Example: "they met in a peaceable spirit"
- Example: "peace-loving citizens"
[syn: peaceable, peace-loving]

2. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war;
- Example: "a peaceful nation"
- Example: "peaceful times"
- Example: "a far from peaceful Christmas"
- Example: "peaceful sleep"
[syn: peaceful, peaceable]

3. disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature;
- Example: "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"
- Example: "a quiet and peaceable person"
- Example: "in a peaceable and orderly manner"
[syn: pacific, peaceable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peaceable \Peace"a*ble\, 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"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peaceable adj 1: inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" [syn: peaceable, peace-loving] 2: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [syn: peaceful, peaceable] [ant: unpeaceful] 3: 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, peaceable]
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