peaceable

adjective

ˈpē-sə-bəl How to pronounce peaceable (audio)
Definition of peaceablenext
1
as in peaceful
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war a peaceable nation that has never had any interest in conquest

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2
as in nonviolent
not involving violence or force trying to find a peaceable resolution

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Recent Examples of peaceable Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring. — Katherine Packert Burke, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 Instead, the United States should continue to take no position on the ultimate outcome of cross-strait differences, insisting only on a peaceable process. — Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025 If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025 In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all. — Howard Steele, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peaceable
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  1. peaceful
  2. nonviolent
  3. pacific
  4. pacifist
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  • Located in the small fishing village of Salema, with a quiet beach just one minute from the front door, this is a peaceful and authentic Algarve stay—a world away from the busy resorts along the region’s east coast.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 24 July 2026
  • Iran has long insisted its program is peaceful, and it isn’t believed by the IAEA or the West to have had an active military nuclear program since 2003.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 July 2026
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  • There is no longer any public trace of Helton’s criminal case in the Ohio county court system; certain nonviolent cases are allowed to be sealed or expunged after a set amount of time has passed.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • At the same time, federal sentencing policy has increasingly recognized that rehabilitation should remain an important objective, particularly for first time, nonviolent offenders who present little risk of future criminal conduct.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of nonviolent
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  • National Aquarium cams The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, operates a series of cameras of marine animals, including reef sharks, jellyfish and fish in a Pacific coral reef.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • These conditions tend to suppress Atlantic hurricane development, whereas the eastern and central Pacific hurricane seasons are typically more active during strong El Niño events.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 June 2026
Definition of pacific
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  • Per the title, Aang is the last surviving airbender after his pacifist brethren were slaughtered by a belligerent, expansionist Fire Nation.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • From the other side of the ideological spectrum, anti-Nazis interpreted the tolerant and pacifist spirit of the film as a rebuke to Nazi eugenics and militarism.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of pacifist

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