Unpeace

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The absence of peace; peacelessness. uncountable

    "Howe shulde ever goodnesse of peace have ben knowe, but if unpeace somtyme reigne, and mokel yvel wrothe?"

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"Howe shulde ever goodnesse of peace have ben knowe, but if unpeace somtyme reigne, and mokel yvel wrothe?"

Etymology

From un- (“absence or lack of”) + peace. Compare unfrith.

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