unpeace
unpeace noun: the absence of peace; peacelessness.
Noun
unpeace (uncountable)
- The absence of peace; peacelessness.
- Howe shulde ever goodnesse of peace have ben knowe, but if unpeace somtyme reigne, and mokel yvel wrothe?c. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love
- We held with hym ther he saide leasse, / and therfor haue we all vnpeasse.15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford...
Examples of unpeace in a sentence
- We were Christians; Christians living in a state of undivorce, yet striving to keep the marriage together while living in great unpeace and disharmony.1978, Helen Kooiman Hosier, The other side of divorce, page 13:
- The power of love opposes the violence of unpeace.1999, Inner land: A Guide Into the Heart of the Gospel:
- Indeed, I readily see "unpeace" in myself.2001, Marva J. Dawn, Karen Dismer, Morning by Morning:
Origin of unpeace
From un- (“absence or lack of”) + peace. Compare unfrith.
Questions about unpeace
- What does unpeace mean?
- Unpeace means the absence of peace; peacelessness.
- How do you use unpeace in a sentence?
- We were Christians; Christians living in a state of undivorce, yet striving to keep the marriage together while living in great unpeace and disharmony.
- What part of speech is unpeace?
- Unpeace is a noun.
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