peaces

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of peace.

   Historians compared the fragile peaces that followed each of the border wars.

   The two empires negotiated a string of peaces, each less durable than the last.

   Note

   Counting peace is unusual, because the noun is usually uncountable: we speak of peace, not of a peace. The plural appears when separate settlements or periods are set side by side, as when historians compare one treaty with the next. A different countable noun also shares this spelling. Peace is a clipping of Peace dollar, so peaces can also mean several of those coins.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of peace.

   Every time the check arrives, Kevin conveniently peaces out.

   When the talk turns to politics, my uncle just peaces out.

   Note

   The verb behind this form does several jobs. It can mean to make peace, to put someone at peace, or simply to be at peace, so it works with or without an object. In slang the form usually travels with out, as in the phrasal peace out: she peaces out early. It looks exactly like the noun plural, but here it follows its subject the way any verb does.

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