truce
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
an agreement or treaty establishing this.
a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.
Origin of truce
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Other words from truce
- truceless, adjective
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How to use truce in a sentence
“First of all, you are saving lives, and that matters,” said a source who has worked with the De Mistura team on the truce plan.
Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace | Joshua Hersh | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Barzeh truce sparked outrage from commentators aligned with the opposition, who viewed it as little more than capitulation.
Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace | Joshua Hersh | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince 2007, Maulvi Nazir and the Pakistani military had kept to an unwritten truce.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan | Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a result, the temporary truce negotiated by the ICRC is uneasy and, at best, only partial.
Fleeing Israeli Troops, Gaza Muslims Find Refuge in a Christian Church | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOvercome by their desire for a truce, accepted a tool of war as a symbol of peace.
But at ten o'clock in the evening a flag of truce arrived offering a capitulation.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattisontruce now, Gregory; and consider how we can best dispose ourselves here, till the morning.
The Battle of Hexham; | George ColmanOpenly, Edward maintained due observance of the truce, and by the middle of September 1320, had taken steps towards a final peace.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonHe proclaimed the truce publicly before Seton 'and a great assembly of people.'
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonHe presently confirmed the thirteen years' truce (February 15), and appointed envoys to treat for final peace (March 4).
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for truce
/ (truːs) /
an agreement to stop fighting, esp temporarily
temporary cessation of something unpleasant
Origin of truce
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