🕊️ Keeping peace 🕊️ For maintaining peace

peacekeeping

4.4

Relating to military actions that try to stop fighting

adjective
/ˈpiːsˌkiːpɪŋ/

: de mantenimiento de la paz

The center has also founded the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers (IAPTCs), which provides an informal forum for the exchange of peacekeeping information among peacekeeping institutions around the world.

Examples

So just basically there's been some disappointment about the progress made and gender mainstreaming of peacekeeping operations.
Her research focused on the effectiveness of peacekeeping missions in reducing violence between warring factions.
The United Nations deployed peacekeeping forces to help stabilize the region after the conflict.
The government emphasized the importance of peacekeeping efforts to foster stability in post-war countries.

Antonyms

aggression

101 3.5

Hostile or violent behavior toward others

hostility

50 5.2

Violent acts between groups or countries

Compounds

peacekeeping mission

7 4.1

A military operation where soldiers go to keep peace between fighting groups or countries under United Nations order

peacekeeping operation

6 4.2

A military mission to stop fighting and make an area calm between groups or countries

How Forceful

peacekeeping

4.4

peacebuilding

Specialized

1 4.6

peacemaking

8 3.7

diplomacy

Formal

201 3.7

Surface Forms

peacekeeping positive

Morphology

peacekeeping = peace + keep (transparent) = peace + keep + ing

Formed from 'peace' + 'keep' with '-ing' used adjectivally to indicate relation to the activity of keeping peace, which is straightforward.

Etymology

Peacekeeping as an adjective comes from the parts peace 'no war' and keep 'to protect'. So something described as peacekeeping is connected with actions or forces that help hold or protect the peace between groups.