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(obsolete) peace; quiet quotations
all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience , ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace , silence , and surseance
1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires
countable and uncountable, plural surseances
(law, in the Netherlands) The phase of reaching an agreement with the creditors of a bankrupt company. examples