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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.
3. a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME trewes, pl. of trewe, OE trēow belief, pledge, treaty. See trow

Related forms:
truceless, adjective

Synonyms:
3. lull, pause, rest, stay.
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truce   (trōōs)   
n.  
  1. A temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities by agreement of the opposing sides; an armistice.
  2. A respite from a disagreeable state of affairs.
tr. & intr.v.   truced, truc·ing, truc·es
To end or be ended with a truce.

[Middle English trewes, pl. of trewe, treaty, pledge, from Old English trēow; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
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Truce

Truce\, n. [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. tre['o]w fidelity, faith, troth. See True.]

1. (Mil.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.

2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet.

Where he may likeliest find Truce to his restless thoughts. --Milton.

Flag of truce (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which hostilities are suspended.

Truce of God, a suspension of arms promulgated by the church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages, putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain periods.
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Language Translation for : truce
Spanish: tregua,
German: die Waffenruhe,
Japanese: 休戦
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truce 
c.1225, triws, variant of trewes, originally plural of trewe "faith, assurance of faith, covenant, treaty," from O.E. treow "faith, treaty," from P.Gmc. *trewwo (cf. O.Fris. triuwe, M.Du. trouwe, Du. trouw, O.H.G. triuwa, Ger. treue, Goth. triggwa "faith, faithfulness"). Related to O.E. treowe "faithful" (see true). The Gmc. word was borrowed into L.L. as tregua, hence Fr. trève, It. treuga. Trucial States, the pre-1971 name of the United Arab Emirates, is attested from 1891, in ref. to the 1835 maritime truce between Britain and the Arab sheiks of Oman.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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