peaceableness

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Because of its mountain beauty and the diversity, industry and peaceableness of its 8,500,000 inhabitants, Ceylon has been called the Switzerland of the East.

From Time Magazine Archive

The virtues could, of course, be similarly classified; the ferruginous virtues would include courage, self-reliance and hopefulness; the non-ferruginous, peaceableness, meekness and chastity.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

With their amiability and sweet peaceableness they ought to be caroling the whole year round.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

And from the peaceableness of the reply he gathered that this time the lady was not soliciting patronage but conferring it.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May

I can't array all my reasons now, or we should sit here all night—but I will tell you one main reason, and that is the immensely increased peaceableness of the world.

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher