se·ren·i·ty

(sə-rĕn′ĭ-tē)

The state or quality of being serene.

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serenity

(sɪˈrɛnɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. the state or quality of being serene

2. (often capital) a title of honour used of certain royal personages: preceded by his, her, etc

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

se•ren•i•ty

(səˈrɛn ɪ ti)

n.

the state or quality of being serene; tranquillity.

[1400–50; late Middle English serenite < Latin serēnitās. See serene, -ity]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	serenity - a disposition free from stress or emotion tranquility, placidity, tranquillity, repose, quiet calm, calmness, composure, equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" ataraxia - peace of mind
	2.	serenity - the absence of mental stress or anxiety ataraxis, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, peace, heartsease quietude, quietness, tranquillity, tranquility - a state of peace and quiet

serenity

noun calm, peace, tranquillity, composure, peace of mind, stillness, calmness, quietness, peacefulness, quietude, placidity a wonderful feeling of peace and serenity

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

serenity

noun

1. Lack of emotional agitation:

calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quietude, tranquillity.

2. An absence of motion or disturbance:

calm, calmness, hush, lull, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, stillness, tranquillity, untroubledness.

Translations

هُدوء، سَكينَه، صَفاء

klidvyrovnanost

afklarethed

Gelassenheit

excelencia sosiego tranquilidad

tyyneys

placidité quiétude

derűderültséghiggadtságnyugalomőfensége

friîsæld

ilarità serenit...serenità

serenidade

безмятежность светлость спокойствие

huzur

安详

serenity

[sɪˈrenɪtɪ] N → serenidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

serenity

[sɪˈrɛnəti] n [person] → sérénité f; [place, atmosphere] → sérénité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

serenity

n → Gelassenheit f; (as title: also Serenity) → Durchlaucht f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

serenity

[sɪˈrɛnɪtɪ] n → serenità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

serene

(səˈriːn) adjective

happy and peaceful. a calm and serene person.

seˈrenely adverb

seˈreneness noun

seˈrenity (-ˈre-) noun

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And when I bade the dream Upon thy spirit flee, Thy violet eyes to me Upturned, did overflowing seem With the deep, untold delight Of Love's serenity; Thy classic brow, like lilies white And pale as the Imperial Night Upon her throne, with stars bedight, Enthralled my soul to thee!

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Thenceforth he smokes his pipe in serenity, and gazes out upon the magnificent picture below and about him with unfettered enjoyment.

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Nor can the judicious reader be at a greater loss on account of Mrs Bridget Blifil, who, he may be assured, conducted herself through the whole season in which grief is to make its appearance on the outside of the body, with the strictest regard to all the rules of custom and decency, suiting the alterations of her countenance to the several alterations of her habit: for as this changed from weeds to black, from black to grey, from grey to white, so did her countenance change from dismal to sorrowful, from sorrowful to sad, and from sad to serious, till the day came in which she was allowed to return to her former serenity.

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His manners were distinguished by a grave serenity. When he opened his lips, he spoke in a rich bass voice, with an easy flow of language, and a strict attention to the elocutionary claims of words in more than one syllable.

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Slowly wading through the meadows of brit, the Pequod still held on her way north-eastward towards the island of Java; a gentle air impelling her keel, so that in the surrounding serenity her three tall tapering masts mildly waved to that languid breeze, as three mild palms on a plain.

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That merry scamp's face whose beaming had so often restored serenity to the priest's sombre physiognomy, was now powerless to melt the gloom which grew more dense every day over that corrupted, mephitic, and stagnant soul.

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Woodford concluded his account of the episode with a statement to the effect: "What especially struck me was the absence of pain and terror in their faces, which seemed to express, rather, serenity and repose"--this, mind you, of men and women of his own race whom he knew well and who had sat at dinner with him in his own house.

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There is the "Sea of Serenity," over which the young girl bends; "The Lake of Dreams," reflecting a joyous future; "The Sea of Nectar," with its waves of tenderness and breezes of love; "The Sea of Fruitfulness;" "The Sea of Crises;" then the "Sea of Vapors," whose dimensions are perhaps a little too confined; and lastly, that vast "Sea of Tranquillity," in which every false passion, every useless dream, every unsatisfied desire is at length absorbed, and whose waves emerge peacefully into the "Lake of Death!"

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This freedom and celestial serenity did I put like an azure bell above all things, when I taught that over them and through them, no "eternal Will"-- willeth.

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P-, in charge of the deck, hooked on to the windward mizzen rigging in a state of perfect serenity; myself, the third mate, also hooked on somewhere to windward of the slanting poop, in a state of the utmost preparedness to jump at the very first hint of some sort of order, but otherwise in a perfectly acquiescent state of mind.

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The man paced placidly along with the apple- wood emblem of serenity between his teeth.

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It is obviously, therefore, my interest to disappoint them both, as far as I am concerned, by preserving a cheerful, undisturbed serenity throughout; and, accordingly, I endeavour to show the fullest confidence in my husband, and the greatest indifference to the arts of my attractive guest.

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