PEACE meaning: 1. freedom from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily without…. Learn more.
Peace is a stress-free state of security and calmness that comes when there’s no fighting or war, everything coexisting in perfect harmony and freedom. In our war-torn world, it seems like there’s not nearly enough peace. However peace can be big and small, seen in entire countries or brief moments.
Peace – a word that resonates across cultures, religions, and political systems – holds profound significance in our daily lives and global affairs. While most of us intuitively understand what peace means, its definition extends far beyond the simple absence of war or conflict.
Perhaps the most popular (Western) view is as an absence of dissension, violence, or war, a meaning found in the New Testament and possibly an original meaning of the Greek word for peace, Irene. Pacifists have adopted this interpretation, for to them all violence is bad.
The New York Times: Iran and U.S. Sink Into Awkward Limbo of ‘No War, No Peace’
Iran and U.S. Sink Into Awkward Limbo of ‘No War, No Peace’
The Iran ceasefire and peace talks this week are hanging by a thread as tensions boil over the strategic waterway that epitomizes Tehran’s new leverage and a conflict that critics warn has escaped ...
National Catholic Reporter: On Iran, let's shift discourse from just war to just peace
The church's oral tradition is moving toward what Pope Leo XIV described as a "disarming peace" in his 2026 World Day of Peace message. He explains that "the Gospels do not hide the fact that what ...