tranquility
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ɪ noun
quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
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tranquillity or sometimes (US) tranquility (træŋˈkwɪlɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a state of calm or quietude | |
| tranquility or sometimes (US) tranquility | |
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| tranquillity or sometimes (US) tranquility (træŋˈkwɪlɪtɪ) | |
| —n | |
| a state of calm or quietude | |
| tranquility or sometimes (US) tranquility | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
tranquility
late 14c., 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). Tranquilize formed in Eng. 1620s; 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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Example sentences
Weather, always part of our daily world, brings with it every emotion from awe to tranquility.
Clay lines the bottom of the park's many waterways, creating a jade green color, symbolizing tranquility.
Time flies when you're having fun, but crawls when you recollect in tranquility.
He withdraws and longs for the tranquility of a little intellectual house on the plain by a transparent river.
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