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peace of mind

peace of mind noun: the absence of mental turmoil or anxiety.

Noun

peace of mind (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The absence of mental turmoil or anxiety.
    • These people are under continual disquietudes, never enjoying a minute's peace of mind.1726, Jonathan Swift, chapter 18, in Gulliver's Travels
    • Who can describe the pleasure and delight, the peace of mind and soft tranquillity, the sickly boy felt in the balmy air, and among the green hills and rich woods, of an inland village!1838, Charles Dickens, chapter 32, in Oliver Twist

peace of mind meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

peace of mind in Tamil

மன அமைதி

peace of mind in Kannada

peace of mind; composure
ಸಮಾಧಾನ samādhāna

peace of mind in Arabic

absence of mental stress
سَكِينَة sakīna, طُمَأْنِينَة ṭumaʔnīna

Examples of peace of mind in a sentence

  • Genevieve was tall and blonde, a destroyer of masculine peace of mind.1917, P. G. Wodehouse, “Crowned Heads”, in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:
  • Before the day I met you, life was so unkind / But you're the key to my peace of mind1967, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, performed by Aretha Franklin:
  • Is it love that we're missing? / Peace of mind we're not getting? / Are the games that we're playing? / Simply our way of entertaining?1976, Quincy Jones, sung by the Brothers Johnson, “Is It Love That We're Missing?”, in I Heard That!!:
  • In between, what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine / Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:

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Questions about peace of mind

What does peace of mind mean?
Peace of mind means the absence of mental turmoil or anxiety.
What is peace of mind in Tamil?
Peace of mind in Tamil is மன அமைதி. See Peace of mind meaning in Tamil.
How do you use peace of mind in a sentence?
Genevieve was tall and blonde, a destroyer of masculine peace of mind.
What part of speech is peace of mind?
Peace of mind is a noun.

Words near peace of mind in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peace of mind (page history and authors); peace of mind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಸಮಾಧಾನ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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