Truce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities by agreement of the opposing sides; an armistice.
  • n. A respite from a disagreeable state of affairs.
  • v. To end or be ended with a truce.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
  • n. an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
  • n. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An intermission of hostilities; specifically, a temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities mutually agreed upon by the commanders of two opposing forces, generally for some stipulated period, to admit of negotiation, or for some other purpose.
  • n. Respite; temporary quiet or intermission of action, pain, contest, or the like.
  • n. Reconciliation; peace.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    peace   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    armistice    ceasefire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce    Chartreuse    Duce    Luce    Seuss    Spruce    Zeus    abstruse    abuse    boose   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    armistice    treaty    alliance    ceasefire    reconciliation    covenant    neutrality    compromise    respite    surrender