Peacetime

//ˈpiːstaɪm// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war. uncountable, usually

    "When the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued"

  2. 2
    a period of time during which there is no war wordnet

Synonyms

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accordat peacebloodlesscalmcessation of combatconcordant

Example

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"Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs."

Etymology

From peace + time.

Related phrases

at peace

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