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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; Middle English trewes, plural of trewe, Old English trēow belief, pledge, treaty. See trow
1175–1225; Middle English trewes, plural of trewe, Old English trēow belief, pledge, treaty. See trow
Related forms
truce·less, adjective
Synonyms
3. lull, pause, rest, stay.
3. lull, pause, rest, stay.
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Truce
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- Last month the government reached a political truce over pay with big banks.
- When enemies met under mistletoe in the forest, they had to lay down their arms and observe a truce until the next day.
- The battle ended in a sort of truce between the artists and the toy retailer.
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Word Origin & History
truce
early 13c., 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"
EXPAND(see true). The Germanic word was borrowed into L.L. as tregua, hence Fr. trève, It. tregua. 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.
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