armistice
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mə noun
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce: World War I ended with the armistice of 1918.
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| —n | |
| an agreement between opposing armies to suspend hostilities in order to discuss peace terms; truce | |
| [C18: from New Latin armistitium, from Latin arma arms + sistere to stop, stand still] | |
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Word Origin & History
armistice
1707, from Fr. armistice, coined 1688 on the model of L. solstitium (see solstice), etc., from L. arma "arms" (see arm (2)) + -stitium (used only in compounds), from sistere "cause to stand" (see assist). Ger. Waffenstillstand
is a loan-transl. from Fr. Armistice Day (1919) marked the end of the Great War of 1914-18 on Nov. 11, 1918. In Britain, after World War II, it merged with Remembrance Day. In U.S., Armistice Day became a national holiday in 1926. In 1954, to honor World War II and Korean War veterans as well, it was re-dubbed Veterans Day.
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Example sentences
With this modern conflict there will probably be no signed peace treaties, or armistice.
To be technical, they don't even have an official peace treaty, they only have an armistice.
Stalemated wars often conclude with belligerents retaining what they possessed at the moment an armistice is reached.
Although this armistice ended the active conflict, the war could not be considered over until a treaty was signed.
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