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peaceable adjective agreeable, amiable, amicable, bloodless, calm, composed, contented, disposed to peace, easygoing, equable, forgiving, free from war, friendly, good-tempered, halcyon, halcyonian, imperturbable, inoffensive, kindly, lamblike, mild, moderate, neutral, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifistic, patient, peace-loving, peaceful, peacelike, placid, placidus, quiescent, quiet, reasonable, restrained, satisfied, sedate, serene, slow to take offense, sober, still, tame, tolerant, tranquil, unagitated, unanxious, undisturbed, unexcited, unmilitant, unmoved, unresisting, unruffled, untroubled, well-disposed See also: neutral, nonmilitant, patient, placid How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Such practices include, peaceableness, hospitality, patience, courage, and joy, which sustain a people "who refuse to have their lives determined by the fear and denial of death. During the last half of the 20th century, the British people, who had long been remarkable for their honesty, peaceableness, propriety, and sobriety ceased to be distinguished by these qualities. Hauerwas suggests that Bonhoeffer's participation in the plot to assassinate Hitler was a piece of his theological politics, an enacting of the truth of peaceableness in such a completely bizarre situation. |
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