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peaceable

 adjective
     
peace‧a‧ble literary
1 someone who is peaceable does not like fighting or arguing [↪ pacifist; ≠ violent, aggressive]:
He's always been a very peaceable man.
2 a peaceable situation or way of doing something is calm, without any violence or fighting:
We are now hoping for a peaceable end to this dispute.
—peaceably adverb:
The two communities live together quite peaceably.
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