serenity

From Middle English serenyte, from Old French serenité, from Latin serēnitās, equivalent to serene +‎ -ity.

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɛnɪti/

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• Hyphenation: se‧ren‧i‧ty

serenity (countable and uncountable, plural serenities)

1. The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193:

     Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound.

   • 1987, Greg Costikyan, “The Jedi Code”, in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, page 69, line 3:

     There is no passion, there is serenity.

2. A lack of agitation or disturbance.
3. A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary.

• sereneness
• tranquility / tranquillity
• harmony
• peace

• serene

• Thesaurus:calmness