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Tranquillity definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANQUIL'LITY, n. [L. tranquillitas.] Quietness; a calm state; freedom from disturbance or agitation. We speak of the tranquillity of public affairs, of the state, of the world, the tranquillity of a retired life, the tranquillity of mind proceeding from conscious rectitude.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an untroubled state; free from disturbances [syn: tranquillity, tranquility, quiet]
2: a state of peace and quiet [syn: tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietude]
3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility]

Merriam Webster's

or tranquility noun Date: 14th century the quality or state of being tranquil <the tranquillity of the quiet countryside>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tranquillity Tran*quil"li*ty, n. [F. tranquillit['e], L. tranquillitas.] The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see tranquil

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Quiet, quietness, peace, stillness, serenity, calmness, placidness, tranquilness, peacefulness.

Moby Thesaurus

Buddha-like composure, Oriental calm, abnegation, abstinence, arrangement, array, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, calm, calm disposition, calm of mind, calmness, comfort, composure, concord, conservatism, constraint, contemplation, continence, control, cool, coolheadedness, coolness, countenance, dead, dead of night, deathlike silence, deployment, dispassion, disposal, disposition, ease, easy mind, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, evenness, fallow mind, fatuity, foolishness, formation, gentleness, golden mean, golden silence, happy medium, harmony, hush, hush of night, icy calm, impartiality, imperturbability, imperturbation, inactivity, inanity, inaudibility, indisturbance, judiciousness, juste-milieu, law and order, layout, lenity, lineup, lucid stillness, lull, marmoreal repose, marshaling, meden agan, mental blankness, mental composure, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, mum, neutrality, nirvana, noiselessness, nonviolence, nothing in excess, oblivion, order, orderliness, organization, pacifism, passivity, peace, peace and quiet, peace of mind, peacefulness, philosophic composure, philosophicalness, philosophy, placidity, placidness, proportion, prudence, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quiet life, quiet mind, quietism, quietness, quietude, regularity, relaxation, repose, rest, restfulness, restraint, routine, sangfroid, satori, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, serenity, setup, silence, silentness, silken repose, sleep, slumber, sobriety, solemn silence, soothingness, soundlessness, stability, steadiness, still, stillness, structure, symmetry, system, tabula rasa, tacitness, taciturnity, temperance, temperateness, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tomblike silence, unbuttoned ease, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, uniformity, unintelligence, unruffledness, vacancy, vacuity, via media, whisht, wise passiveness