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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

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As in case of Yemen, the Middle Eastern countries, this time Iran included, need to evolve a common strategy to fight for the rights of Palestinians to live in their country peaceably alongside the state of Israel.

Time to act

The First Amendment reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting free exercise thereof; or the right abridging freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Cartoonist should not die for what they draw

Alice (LeBlanc) Belanger08/18/26 - 03/02/15NEW PORT RICHEY, FL - Alice (LeBlanc) Belanger, formerly of Leicester, MA passed peaceably surrounded by loved ones.

Alice Belanger

Crowfoot can be seen as a father of two confederacies: the Blackfoot and the Canadian Confederation that Alberta joined peaceably as a result of his influence.

Federal Building could be named after Crowfoot

The client went back into possession peaceably, made $14,000 in improvements, only to learn after-the-fact that he had to foreclose his contract for deed, before he could sell the property--and worry that in the interim, the purchaser might bring the contract current.

Reciprocity

We look forward to a time when wars are no more, Swords beaten into ploughshares, peace shore to shore, All people in our world living together peaceably, And no hurt in God's kingdom of peace will we see.

Poet's corner; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net Remembrance Day

how to live peaceably with the natural world--but it reads like a litany of complaints about how badly humans treat other species--a scatter shot of doom that makes young people cry.

Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence

Piccadillo rather fell on her sword trying to boss proceedings from the worst draw, but she appeared to take to the first-time blinkers peaceably enough and could pinch a nursery granted a quieter time up front and a kinder stall.

ANALYSIS Steevo steals it

Then the citizens of Israel and Gaza would be able to live peaceably side by side.

Tragedy in Gaza

And if Israelis and Palestinians are ever to live peaceably together, Jews and Muslims must learn to do so too.

The past is all a Blair; Tony muddled on his war record but right on religious threat

I have known many Muslims over the years through work and socially and I know that the majority just want to live their lives peaceably and in their own way without putting pressure on any one else to change to their way of thinking.

More tolerance is badly needed

She cited the Bill of Rights which states that "no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.