Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRAN-QUIL'LI-TY
TRAN'QUIL-IZ-ING-LYTRAN'QUIL-LY
TRAN-QUIL'LI-TY, n. [L. tranquillitas.]
Quietness; a calm state; freedom from disturbance or agitation. We speak of the tranquillity of public affairs, of the state, of the world, the tranquillity of a retired life, the tranquillity of mind proceeding from conscious rectitude.
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