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See definition of keep peace on Dictionary.com
  • as inbehave
  • as inkeep the peace

synonyms for keep peace

  • manage
  • control
  • direct
  • act correctly
  • act one's age
  • act with decorum
  • be civil
  • be good
  • be nice
  • be on best behavior
  • be orderly
  • comport oneself
  • conduct oneself properly
  • demean oneself
  • deport oneself
  • discipline oneself
  • keep one's nose clean
  • keep the peace
  • live up to
  • manage oneself
  • mind one's manners
  • mind one's p's and q's
  • observe golden rule
  • observe the law
  • play fair
  • shape up
  • toe the mark
  • watch one's step
On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to keep peace, such as: manage, control, direct, act correctly, act one's age, and act with decorum.

antonyms for keep peace

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  • act up
  • misbehave
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    How to use keep peace in a sentence

    My son,” said Grabantak one evening to Chingatok, “if we are henceforth to live in peace, why not unite and become one nation?
    THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
    She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
    THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
    Impressed by the lugubrious scene, Aguinaldo yielded, and the next day peace negotiations were opened.
    THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
    Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.
    GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFT
    And it was no light task, then, for six hundred men to keep the peace on a thousand miles of frontier.
    RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
    He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
    THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
    Keep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.
    HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTIN
    My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
    GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
    O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
    THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
    He is dead; but his three sons have the estate yet, and I think they would keep their father's promise to the Indians.
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
    SYNONYM OF THE DAY
    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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