Peace
Peace noun - Freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions.
Usage example: a light, humorous novel that is good for putting my mind at peace right before I go to sleep
Stress
Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The books go out of their way to stress that life under the Path of Inspiration is not bad at all: its followers lead a life of relative peace and sanctity.
Source: Path of Inspiration -
His stupidity is also great enough to allow him to reach a Zen-like state of inner peace and freedom from stress, because he never thinks about anything.
Source: Genius Ditz - The 100 sees our heroes torturing a captive prisoner for information, firing on the enemy during a peace conference, and, on one occasion, just snapping from the stress and gunning down a bunch of innocent villagers.
Source: Obligatory War Crime Scene
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