I dag er den internasjonale fredsdagen.
I den forbindelse ville det kanskje ha passet godt med en artikkel om AFS, som et glimrende eksempel på fredsfremmende arbeid, men, alas!, den artikkelen har jeg
allerede skrevet.
Istedet har jeg tullet litt rundt på
OED, og fant
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I. General uses.
1. a. Freedom from civil unrest or disorder; public order and security.
b. With
the: the public order of a state as provided for by law.
Now esp. in institutional and personal titles.
Also (now arch.) with possessive: local public order maintained under the authority or jurisdiction specified (as the king's peace, etc.; similarly God's peace).
2. Freedom from quarrels or dissension between individuals (or, esp. in early use, between an individual and God); a state of friendliness; amity, concord.
3. a. Freedom from anxiety, disturbance (emotional, mental, or spiritual), or inner conflict; calm, tranquillity.
b. With
of and the name of the organ, faculty, etc., in which such peace is considered to reside; now esp. in peace of mind.
4. a. Freedom from external disturbance, interference, or perturbation, esp. as a condition of an individual. Freq. in in peace. Also (more emphatically) peace and quiet (also peace and quietness).
b. In various expressions of well-wishing or salutation, as peace be with you, etc. (Originally in and derived from biblical use.)
5. Absence of noise, movement, or activity; stillness, quiet.
Earliest in
to have one's peace: to be silent (obs.). See also sense Phrases 2.
6. a. Freedom from ...
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