Word Meanings - PEACEMAKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.

Related words: (words related to PEACEMAKER)

• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• RECONCILIATORY
  Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall.
• RECONCILABLE
  Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts. The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable. Arbuthnot. -- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
• RECONCILIATION
  1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. 2. Reduction
• RECONCILE
  1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. We pray
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• PEACEMAKER
  One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
• VARIANCE
  A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a
• PEACE
  A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. Exemption from, or subjection
• PEACELESS
  Without peace; disturbed. Sandys.
• RECONCILEMENT
  Reconciliation. Milton.
• PEACEABLE
  Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. -- Peace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still.
• RECONCILER
  One who reconciles.
• PEACEFUL
  1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end. 2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm;
• IRRECONCILEMENT
  The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.
• IRRECONCILABLE
  Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
• IRRECONCILIATION
  Want of reconciliation; disagreement.
• IRRECONCILABILITY
  The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
• INVARIANCE
  The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. J. J. Sylvester.
• UNPEACE
  Absence or lack of peace. Testament of Love.
• IRRECONCILE
  To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
• MAKE-PEACE
  A peacemaker. Shak.