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untroubledness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stillness |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, still, tranquility, tranquillity |
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| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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at a loose ends, at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at one's ease, at rest, becalmed, calm, cataleptic, cubatory, deliberate, fixed, hypnagogic, immovable, leisurely, lodged, mawmsey, motionless, moveless, picktooth, quiescent, quiet, recumbent, reposing, restful, semisomnous, silent, sleeping, slow, somnifugous, stagnant, standing still, stationary, still, still as a mouse, still as a post, still as a statue, still as death, stock still, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, unstrained, untraveled
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| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Main Entry: | calmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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anodyne, armed with patience, bearing with, bland, calm, chastened, clement, cold-blooded, collected, cool, cool as a cucumber, cool as custard, cool-headed, demulcent, demure, dispassionate, easygoing, enduring, equanimous, gentle, gentle as a lamb, grave, grave as a judge, halcyon, hypnotic, imperturbable, inexcitable, inirritable, lamb-like, lenient, lenitive, long-suffering, mawkish, measured, meek, mild, mild as mother's milk, milk and water, moderate, oily, pacative, pacific, palliative, patient, patient as Job, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, placid, platonic, quiet, quiet as a mouse, reasonable, remollient, resigned, sedate, sedative, serene, slow, smooth, sober, sober-minded, soft, soft as peppermint, staid, stayed, still, stoical, subdued, submissive, tame, temperate, tempered, tolerant, tranquil, undemonstrative, undisturbed, unexcited, unexciting, unimpassioned, unirritating, unoffending, unpassionate, unperturbed, unresisting, unruffled, unstirred, unsusceptible, untroubled
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| Main Entry: | quietness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Concord. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; agreement; sympathy (love); response; union, unison, unity; bonds of harmony; peace; unanimity (assent); league; happy family., rapprochement; reunion; amity (friendship); alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator.
-verbs
agree; accord, harmonize with; fraternize; be concordant; go hand in hand; run parallel (concur); understand one another, pull together (cooperate) [more]; put up one's horses together, sing in chorus., side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified; assent; enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate., hurler avec les loups; go with the stream, swim with the stream., keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.
-adjectives
concordant, congenial; agreeing; in accord; harmonious, united, cemented; banded together; allied; friendly; fraternal; conciliatory; at one with; of one mind (assent)., at peace, in still water; tranquil (pacific).
-adverbs
with one voice (assent); in concert with, hand in hand; on one's side.
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commune periculum concordiam parit.
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| Antonyms: | discord |
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| Concept: | Content. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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content, contentment, contentedness; complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind; serenity; cheerfulness; ray of comfort; comfort (well- being) [more]., reconciliation; resignation (patience)., waiter on Providence.
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be content; rest satisfied, rest and be thankful; take the good the gods provide, let well alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul., take up with, take in good part; assent; be reconciled to, make one's peace with; get over it; take heart, take comfort; put up with (bear)., render content; set at ease, comfort; set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest; speak peace; conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile; content, satisfy; gratify., be tolerated; go down, go down with; do.
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content, contented; satisfied; at ease, at one's ease, at home; with the mind at ease, sans souci, sine cura, easygoing, not particular; conciliatory; unrepining, of good comfort; resigned (patient); cheerful., unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued; serene; at rest, snug, comfortable; in one's element., satisfactory, tolerable.
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to one's heart's content; a la bonne heure; all for the best.
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nothing comes amiss.
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| Antonyms: | discontent |
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| Concept: | Order. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
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order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo; music of the spheres., gradation, progression; series (continuity)., subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline; orderliness., rank, place (term).
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be in order, become in order; form, fall in, draw up; arrrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round., adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.
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orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused; arranged.
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in order; methodically; in turn, in its turn; step by step; by regular steps, by gradations, by stages, by intervals; seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim; at stated periods (periodically).
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natura non facit saltum; "order is heaven's first law" [Pope]; "order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]; ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca
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| Antonyms: | disorder |
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| Concept: | Repose. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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repose, rest, silken repose; sleep., relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause (cessation); respite., day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess.
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repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease., relax, unbend, slacken; take breath (refresh); rest upon one's oars; pause (cease); stay one's hand., lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep [more]., take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow (inaction).
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reposing; unstrained.
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at rest.
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"the best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; "to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII].
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| Antonyms: | exertion |
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