pac-, peac-, peas- +

Depart in peace.

A variant of Vade in pace. or "Go in peace."

Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

1. Descriptive of bringing peace, quiet, or calm to; to soothe.
2. A reference to satisfying or relieving: "She tried to appease her thirst with the bottle of water."
3. About pacifying, or attempting to pacify (an enemy), by granting concessions, often at the expense of principles.

1. To make peaceful and quiet.
2. To calm, to satisfy.
3. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to soothe.
4. To satisfy or to relieve: "They tried to appease the man's thirst."
5. To pacify or to attempt to pacify (an enemy) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principles.
6. Etymology: from Old French apeserm "to pacify", from the phrase a paisier, "bring to peace"; from a-, "to" + pais, from Latin pacem, pax, "peace".

"Appeasement" was first recorded in 1919 in the international political sense; and it was not pejorative until the failure of Arthur Neville Chamberlain's policy toward Germany in 1939. "Methods of appeasement" was British Prime Minister Chamberlain's description of his policy.

We can speak of hunger being appeased by food. Appeasing usually involves giving something; whereas, pacifying tends to refer to anything from stroking a baby to using armed force to stop an uprising.

1. The political strategy of pacifying a potentially hostile nation in the hope of avoiding war, often by granting concessions.
2. An attempt to stop complaints or to reduce difficulties by making concessions.

1. Someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile; hoping it will eat him last"; according to Winston Churchill.
2. Anyone who tries to bring a situation to a state of peace or quiet.

1. A reference to someone who strives to bring a situation to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment.
2. Descriptive of making an effort to pacify, or showing a desire to soothe.

1. Used in front of a name or title as a gesture of real or ironic respect to somebody who is mistaken and about to be corrected.
2. By the leave of; with all deference to.

Used in expressing polite disagreement. When used in front of someone's name, it serves as an apology when contradicting him or her; such as:, "pace Dr. Smith."

1. That which can be restored to a tranquil or peaceful state or condition.
2. Capable of being reduced to a submissive state.

1. Leading to or promoting peace and an end to conflict.
2. Calm and peaceful by nature.
3. Unaggressive; avoiding the use of force.
4. Pacific Ocean: relating to the Pacific Ocean, or to the territories that surround it or are surrounded by it.

The Pacific Ocean; that is, the "Peaceful Ocean", was named by Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) because it seemed so calm after the storms of Cape Horn.

1. Actions taken by a government to defeat an insurgency.
2. The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined to cooperate or participate in a peaceful action.
3. The action of making people calm when they are angry or upset.

1. That which is eased; such as, the anger or agitation of a situation.
2. Having ended a war, fighting, or violence in; established peace in.
3. Caused to be more favorably inclined: "She pacified the angry customer."

1. A device used for an infant to suck or to bite on.
2. A rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or to chew on.
3. Someone who tries to bring peace.

This artificial nipple, usually made of plastic, is used so an infant can gain some solace and quiet down. A pacifier is called by other names in other countries including a "dummy" in the U.K.

1. The belief that violence, war, and the taking of lives are unacceptable ways of resolving disputes.
2. The refusal to take up arms or participate in war because of moral or religious beliefs.
3. The belief that international conflicts should be settled by negotiation rather than war.
4. Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes.

1. A person opposed to war or violence; especially, someone who refuses to bear arms or to participate in military actions, for moral or religious reasons.
2. The belief that disputes between nations should and can be settled peacefully. 3. Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes; such opposition is demonstrated by refusal to participate in military action.

Pacifists have not always been treated with sympathy or understanding. Refusing to fight ever for any reason, or even just in a pasrticular situation when the reasokns for fighting seem clear to many others, calls for strong faith in one's own moral or religious convictions; since it has often resuklted in persecuktion by those who disagree.

The Quakers and the Jehovah's Witnesses are well-known pacifist religious groups; Henry D. Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. are probably the most famous American pacifists.