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Peace of mind

noun

The absence of mental stress or anxiety. Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peacefulness, repose, serenity.

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... "I am not afraid of evil tongues. There's a way of silencing them. But there's my peace of mind, too. I wouldn't be able to shake off the notion that I've ruined a brother officer. Whatever action you take, it is bound to go farther. The inquiry has been dropped—let it rest now. It would have been absolutely fatal ...

— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad

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... to peace of mind; and hatred; praising one's self without exciting; in hearers; the aged most free from attacks proceeding ...

— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

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... to know girls very well, being a confirmed bachelor"—the Dean's eyes were smiling—"but my advice at this distance is not to ask Norrie to release you from what she herself has never yet bound you. I'll vouch for her peace of mind; and your sense of honor is fully vindicated now. To be equally frank with you, Burgess, now that Norrie is entirely in my charge, I have put this sort of thing for her absolutely into the after-commencement years. The ...

— A Master's Degree • Margaret Hill McCarter

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... plays the trombone of an evening. But that's the worst of marriage; you know what a man is when you marry him, but you haven't a notion what he'll be that time next year. He may take to drinking or music for all you know; and then where's your peace of mind?" ...

— The Farringdons • Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

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... beside her now and laid his hand upon her arm. It was not his nature to break out suddenly as his father did, when anything occurred to disturb his peace of mind. The Spanish blood he had inherited from his mother had imparted a profound reserve to his character, which gave it depth rather than coldness. It was hard for him to speak out violently when under the influence of emotion, but this very difficulty of finding words ...

— Sant' Ilario • F. Marion Crawford

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