[pees-kee-ping] 
| 1. | the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping. |
| 2. | an instance of this. |
| 3. | for or pertaining to peacekeeping: peacekeeping forces. |
| peace·keep·ing (pēs'kē'pĭng) adj. Of or relating to the preservation of peace, especially the supervision by international forces of a truce between hostile nations. peace'keep'ing n. |
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