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| R.I.P. |
abbreviation of "requiescat in pace" (Latin); may he, or she, rest in peace. |
| salaam |
a ceremonial salutation, used esp. in Islamic cultures, that means "peace be with you". [1/3 definitions] |
| Security Council |
the council of the United Nations that is responsible for maintaining international peace and comprises five permanent and ten temporary members. |
| shalom |
peace (Hebrew); used among Jews as a greeting and farewell. |
| Tenzin Gyatso |
the fourteenth Dalai Lama and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, born Lhamo Dhondrub (b.1935). |
| Thanatos |
(often l.c.) in psychiatry, an instinct or impulse to seek peace in nonexistence, often manifested in aggressive behavior; death instinct. [1/2 definitions] |
| truce |
an agreement establishing a stopping of hostilities; peace treaty. [1/2 definitions] |
| UN |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) abbreviation of "United Nations," (used with a sing. or pl. verb) an international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, cooperation, and understanding. |
| United Nations |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) an international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, cooperation, and understanding. |
| Velvet Revolution |
the Czechoslovakian revolution (1989), in which a country-wide peace protest and work strike moved the Communist government to relinquish power, resulting in the establishment of two separate, self-governing republics (1993). |
| Woodrow Wilson |
the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), who initially kept the United States out of World War I and then, in his second term, asked Congress to declare war on Germany. After the war, Wilson was instrumental in the creation of the League of Nations, an organization dedicated to promoting world peace (b. 1856--d.1924). |
| yoga |
(often cap.) a Hindu discipline involving a system of physical and mental exercises to free the self from the body and mind, esp. performed to achieve spiritual peace. [1/2 definitions] |
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