tranquillity

tranquillity
/trang kwil"i tee/, n.
quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
Also, tranquility.
[1325-75; ME tranquillite < L tranquillitas. See TRANQUIL, -ITY]

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