peaceable

/ˈpisəbəl/

Someone or something that is peaceable tends to avoid conflict. A peaceable demonstration would most likely involve lots of protest banners instead of angry rioters.

A peaceable group of people finds non-violent ways to resolve disagreements — you could call such a group a peaceable society. This adjective is less common than the closely related peaceful. Both words come from the Old French pais, or "peace," and its Latin root pacem, "treaty of peace" or "absence of war."

Definitions of peaceable

1. adjective

   inclined or disposed to peace
   “they met in a peaceable spirit”

   synonyms: peace-loving

   peaceful

   not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
2. adjective

   disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
   “a quiet and peaceable person”

   “in a peaceable and orderly manner”

   synonyms: pacific

   peaceful

   not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
3. adjective

   not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
   synonyms: peaceful

   nonaggressive, unaggressive

   not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness

   amicable

   characterized by friendship and good will

   halcyon

   idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity

   irenic

   conducive to peace

   nonbelligerent

   not directly at war

   pacific

   disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature

   dovish, pacifist, pacifistic

   opposed to war or militaristic policies

   peace-loving

   inclined or disposed to peace

   quiet

   characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

   nonviolent

   abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence