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Placidity
//pləˈsɪd.ə.ti// noun
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Noun
- 1 The state of being placid; peacefulness. uncountable, usually
"And how could she bear such behaviour! Composure with a witness! to look on, while repeated attentions were offering to another woman, before her face, and not resent it.—That is a degree of placidity, which I can neither comprehend nor respect."
- 2 a disposition free from stress or emotion wordnet
- 3 a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling wordnet
Etymology
From placid + -ity, from Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”).
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