Dictionary Definition
serenity
Noun
1 a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn:
repose, quiet, placidity, tranquillity, tranquility]
2 the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn:
peace, peacefulness, peace of
mind, repose,
heartsease, ataraxis]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Serenity
English
Pronunciation
Noun
Translations
state
- Spanish: sosiego, tranquilidad
lack of agitation
- Spanish: sosiego, tranquilidad
prince or dignitary
- Spanish: excelencia
translations to be checked
- Croatian: spokoj
- Finnish: tyyneys
- French: sérénité
- German: Gelassenheit
- Hungarian: békesség, derű
- Italian: serenità
- Portuguese (Brazil): serenidade
- Russian: безмятежность (1), спокойствие (2), светлость (3)
Extensive Definition
Serenity is an absence of agitation. Serenity may
also refer to:
- Serenity (film), a 2005 science fiction space western film
- Serenity (Firefly vessel), a fictional spaceship
- "Serenity" (Firefly episode), the original two-hour series pilot
- Battle of Serenity Valley, the final decisive battle in the Unification War
- Serenity (role-playing game), a science fiction role-playing game
- Serenity (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
- Serenity: Those Left Behind, a 2005 three-issue comic book miniseries
- Serenity: Better Days, a 2008 three-issue comic book miniseries
In anime:
- Princess Serenity, the protagonist and title character of the metaseries known as Sailor Moon
- Serenity Rose, the protagonist of the comic of the same name
- Serenity Wheeler, a character from Yu-Gi-Oh!
In music:
- Serenity (Blood for Blood album), the seventh studio album by Blood for Blood
- Serenity (Culture Beat album), the second album by Culture Beat
- Serenity (band), an Austrian Progressive metal band
- Serenity (song), a hard rock song by Godsmack
In other fields:
- Crystal Serenity, a cruise ship for Crystal Cruises
- Serenity (porn star), an adult video actress
- Serenity (software), an open source web server project
- Serenity(winterguard), a winterguard group currently competing in WGUK
See also
- Serenity Prayer
- Passaddhi, Buddhist enlightenment factor
serenity in German: Serenity
serenity in Italian: Serenity
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Buddha-like composure, Oriental calm, abnegation, abstinence, aplomb, ataraxia, ataraxy, calm, calm disposition, calm of
mind, calmness,
composure, conservatism, constraint, contemplation, continence, control, cool, coolheadedness, coolness, countenance, dispassion, easy mind,
evenness, gentleness, golden mean,
happy medium, icy calm, impartiality, imperturbability,
imperturbation,
indisturbance,
judiciousness,
juste-milieu, law and order, lenity, lucid stillness,
marmoreal repose, meden agan, mental composure, middle way,
mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, neutrality, nirvana, nonchalance, nonviolence, nothing in
excess, order, orderliness, pacifism, peace, peace and quiet, peace of
mind, peaceableness, peacefulness, philosophic
composure, philosophicalness,
philosophy, placidity, placidness, poise, prudence, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quiet life, quiet mind,
quietism, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, restfulness, restraint, sangfroid, satori, self-abnegation,
self-control, self-denial, self-possession, self-restraint,
silence, silken repose,
sleep, slumber, sobriety, soothingness, stability, steadiness, stillness, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unexcessiveness,
unexcitability,
unextravagance,
unextremeness,
unruffledness, via
media, wise passiveness