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serenity
/sɚˈɛnəti/
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What does serenity mean?
noun
- The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
- A lack of agitation or disturbance.
- A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A female given name from English in general use since the 1990s.
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IPA pronunciation
/sɚˈɛnəti/
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But this painful respiration hardly troubled a sort of ineffable serenity which overspread her countenance, and which transfigured her in her sleep.
And there were camels about, but they go on velvet feet, and were proper to the silence and serenity of the surroundings.
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Could Thomasin’s mournfulness now and Eustacia’s serenity during life have been reduced to common measure, they would have touched the same mark nearly.
In all circumstances serenity of mind should be maintained, and conversation should be conducted as never to mar the harmony of the surroundings.
The person who is negligent of time and its employment is usually found to be a general disturber of others’ peace and serenity.