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Definition of Calm
Calm

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.

To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.

To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.

Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.

Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.

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Calm Quotations

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.
Sara Teasdale

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
Henry David Thoreau

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

Calm Translations

calm in Afrikaans is kalm
calm in Danish is rolig
calm in Dutch is stil, bedaard, rustig, kalm
calm in Finnish is tyyni
calm in French is calmer, tranquille, calmez, sang froid, silence
calm in German is beruhigen, still
calm in Italian is equilibrato, calmare, ristoro, calmo, calma
calm in Latin is equus, sedo, aequus
calm in Norwegian is vindstille, rolig
calm in Portuguese is calma
calm in Spanish is ponderado, silencio, quieto, aquietar, tranquilo
calm in Swedish is stilla

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