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

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Other words from truce

  • truceless, adjective

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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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