PEACE OF MIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peace of mind mean? 

• PEACE OF MIND (noun)
  The noun PEACE OF MIND has 1 sense:

1. the absence of mental stress or anxiety

  Familiarity information: PEACE OF MIND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEACE OF MIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The absence of mental stress or anxiety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

ataraxis; heartsease; peace; peace of mind; peacefulness; repose; serenity

Hypernyms ("peace of mind" is a kind of...):

quietness; quietude; tranquility; tranquillity (a state of peace and quiet)

 Context examples 

“I have had no peace of mind, Trot, since I have been here.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Blessington seemed more excited over the matter than I should have thought possible, though of course it was enough to disturb anybody’s peace of mind.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a smile on her face, and it was evident that no bad dreams had come to disturb her peace of mind.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I envy you your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

These people are under continual disquietudes, never enjoying a minute’s peace of mind; and their disturbances proceed from causes which very little affect the rest of mortals.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A fortnight, at least, of leisure and peace of mind, to crown every warmer, but more agitating, delight, should be hers.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

These offer a break with the peace of mind that the patient is being taken care of.

(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Utterson was amazed; the dark influence of Hyde had been withdrawn, the doctor had returned to his old tasks and amities; a week ago, the prospect had smiled with every promise of a cheerful and an honoured age; and now in a moment, friendship, and peace of mind, and the whole tenor of his life were wrecked.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She had no such object for her lingering thoughts to fix on, she left no creature behind, from whom it would give her a moment's regret to be divided for ever, she was pleased to be free herself from the persecution of Lucy's friendship, she was grateful for bringing her sister away unseen by Willoughby since his marriage, and she looked forward with hope to what a few months of tranquility at Barton might do towards restoring Marianne's peace of mind, and confirming her own.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

It was reasonable that he should feel he had been wrong; he had liberality, and he had the means of exercising it; and though she would not place herself as his principal inducement, she could, perhaps, believe that remaining partiality for her might assist his endeavours in a cause where her peace of mind must be materially concerned.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)