status quo ante bellum
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin status quō ante bellum (literally “situation as it existed before the war”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/
- Rhymes: -ɛləm
Noun
[edit]status quo ante bellum
- Situation as it existed before the war (often implying the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of pre-war leadership, so that no side gains or loses any rights or territory as a result of the war).
- Antonym: uti possidetis
- return to the status quo ante bellum
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