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tran⋅quil⋅li⋅ty
[trang-kwil-i-tee] 
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–noun
| quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity. |
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| tran·quil·li·ty or tran·quil·i·ty (trāng-kwĭl'ĭ-tē, trān-) n. The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity. |
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tranquility
c.1374, from O.Fr. tranquilite (12c.), from L. tranquillitatem (nom. tranquillitas) "tranquilness," from tranquillus "tranquil," perhaps from trans- "over" (here in sense of "exceedingly") + a root related to quies "rest" (see quiet). The adj. tranquil is attested from 1604, from Fr. tranquille (1470). Tranquilize formed in Eng. 1623; tranquilizer "sedative" is from 1824 (first reference is to ground ivy); in reference to one of a large group of anti-anxiety drugs, it is first recorded 1956.
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