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"calm" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often quietness (9 letters).
Definitions
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
Word origin
From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).
Used in a sentence
“Calm is the morn without a sound, Calm as to suit a calmer grief, And only thro’ the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground: […]”
“Been living my life as a Kingpin. I'm calm with the heat of the kitchen.”
“Flexed up like they really move pally (Pally). I don't want ish just at me (At me). I just want money, that's calm (Calm). Teenager, never worry 'bout acne (Finch Fetti, Finch Fetti)”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“Free from commotion”4 letters
02“Free from panic”4 letters
03“Free from worry”4 letters
04“Free of panic”4 letters
05“Not agitated”4 letters
06“Not upset”4 letters
07“Peaceful and steady”4 letters
08“Peaceful, not stormy”4 letters
09“Still and peaceful”4 letters
10“Still, as quiet water”4 letters
11“Unruffled”4 letters
12“Peaceful or make peaceful”4 letters
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