peaceful settlement

collocation in English

meaningsofpeacefulandsettlement

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peaceful
adjective
uk
/ˈpiːs.fəl/us
/ˈpiːs.fəl/
without ...
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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofpeacefulandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepeacefulsettlementof disputes by arbitration became increasingly common.
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Strikes were resorted to only if all other mechanisms for apeacefulsettlementwere exhausted.
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Concepts of urban stability refer to thepeacefulsettlementof conflict in towns.
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Moreover, the calibration of this uncertainty makes the rivals indifferent between apeacefulsettlement now and a future resolution that can involve fighting along the way.
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Theirs was not apeacefulsettlement.
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That is the thing that must be considered now if we cannot reach somepeacefulsettlement.
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It was because apeacefulsettlementwas thought possible.
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That is not the kind of language calculated to permit of apeacefulsettlement.
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This certainly does not mean that we despair of apeacefulsettlement.
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Once it does, we should be able to make progress towards apeacefulsettlement.
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The second, admittedly of no less importance, is that apeacefulsettlement, to be enduring, must be based on justice.
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It is the most helpful way of obtaining apeacefulsettlement.
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We have set out today what we have been prepared to do to achieve apeacefulsettlement.
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It is the essential beginning of apeacefulsettlementand the imperative of resolution 502.
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The continued and unreviewed emergency powers as they stand may impede the possibilities of apeacefulsettlement.
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What has happened is that we now have apeacefulsettlement.
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He will be only too glad to take advantage of the opportunity for apeacefulsettlementof the question.
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In that way, and in that way alone, can we hope to get apeacefulsettlementin that part of the world.
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