tranquillity
noun/tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology From tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas.
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Usually The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
- Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:
- Derived terms
- intranquillity, tranquillityite
- Related terms
- tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquilly, tranquilness