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truce

[ troos ]

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noun

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.
Synonyms: stay, rest, pause, lull

truce

/ truːs /

Origin of truce¹

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

Origin of truce¹

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

“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.

The Barzeh truce sparked outrage from commentators aligned with the opposition, who viewed it as little more than capitulation.

Since 2007, Maulvi Nazir and the Pakistani military had kept to an unwritten truce.

As a result, the temporary truce negotiated by the ICRC is uneasy and, at best, only partial.

Overcome 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.

Truce now, Gregory; and consider how we can best dispose ourselves here, till the morning.

Openly, Edward maintained due observance of the truce, and by the middle of September 1320, had taken steps towards a final peace.

He proclaimed the truce publicly before Seton 'and a great assembly of people.'

He presently confirmed the thirteen years' truce (February 15), and appointed envoys to treat for final peace (March 4).

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