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peace noun accord, adjustment of differences, alliance, amity, armistice, brotherhood, calm, coexistence, community of interests, conciliation, concordance, concordancy, concordia, consentaneity, consentaneousness, cooperation, end of hostilities, fraternalism, freedom from war, friendliness, good will, harmoniousness, harmony, hush, law and order, lull, neutrality, oneness, order, orderliness, otium, pacification, pact, pax, quiescence, quiet, quietness, rapport, reconciliation, repose, serenity, silence, stillness, suspension of hostilities, tranquility, treaty, truce, unanimity, unity
Associated concepts: breach of the peace, disturbing the peace, peace officer
Foreign phrases: Paci sunt maxime contraria vis et injuria.Violence and injury are especially hostile to peace.

PEACE. The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum. Ham. N. P. 139; 12 Mod. 566. Vide, generally, Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D 4; Hale, Hist. P. C. 160; 3 Taunt. R. 14; 1 B. & A. 227; Peake, R. 89; 1 Esp. R. 294; Harr. Dig. Officer, V 4; 2 Benth. Ev. 319, note. Vide Good behaviour; Surety of the peace.

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UN officials say the relative calm in Darfur called by the former UNAMID chief, Rodolphe Adada "low intensity conflict" should encourage efforts to hold peace talks for a negotiated solution to the six year conflict.

UN has to consolidate security and to support Sudan peace -- Ban ... by Sudan Tribune (Sudan)

Israel's Netanyahu Due to Hold Peace Talks with Egypt's Mubarak Sunday Israel's Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak is expected to convene with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Sunday to discuss pushing forward the stalled Middle East peace process, Egyptian and Israeli officials said, the Beirut daily AN NAHAR reported Saturday.

Mideast-Egypt-Israel by The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)

Israeli officials renewed their calls on the Syrians to distance themselves from Iran and anti-Israeli militant groups Hizbullah and Hamas if they were to hold peace talks.

Mideast-US by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)

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