truce

[ troos ]
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noun
  1. a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.

  2. an agreement or treaty establishing this.

  1. a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.

Origin of truce

1
1175–1225; Middle English trewes, plural of trewe,Old English trēow belief, pledge, treaty. See trow

Other words for truce

Other words from truce

  • truceless, adjective

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How to use truce in a sentence

  • But at ten o'clock in the evening a flag of truce arrived offering a capitulation.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • truce now, Gregory; and consider how we can best dispose ourselves here, till the morning.

    The Battle of Hexham; | George Colman
  • Openly, 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. Murison
  • He proclaimed the truce publicly before Seton 'and a great assembly of people.'

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • He 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

truce

/ (truːs) /


noun
  1. an agreement to stop fighting, esp temporarily

  2. temporary cessation of something unpleasant

Origin of truce

1
C13: from the plural of Old English treow trow; see true, trust

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