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peacetime

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peace⋅time

[pees-tahym]
–noun
1. a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.
–adjective
2. of or for such a period: peacetime uses of atomic energy.

Origin:
1545–55; peace + time
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peace·time   (pēs'tīm')   
n.  A time free from war.
peace'time' adj.
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