peace

peace n

ME pais < OFr pais.

1. Tranquility; freedom from pain; absence of suffering; serenity of mind.
2. Silence; stillness; quiet.
3. Bliss; ecstasy; rapture; supreme joy.
4. Absence of war.
5. Freedom from regret; absence of remorse.
6. Calm weather; quiet period after a storm.
7. [Fig.] eternal rest.
8. [Fig.] immortality; resurrection; life after death.
9. [Fig.] death.