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"peace" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often pax (3 letters).
Definitions
a treaty to cease hostilities
Word origin
From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).
Used in a sentence
“Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.”
“*Thinke not that I am come to ſend peace on earth: I came not to ſend peace, but a ſword.”
“Naomi boasted in nothing but the God of Israel. And she found peace even in the midst of chaos when she went to Him in prayer.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Absence of conflict”5 letters
02“Absence of war”5 letters
03“Calm after conflict”5 letters
04“Quiet lack of conflict”5 letters
05“Quiet without conflict”5 letters
06“State without war”5 letters
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