truce
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true ‘faithfulness, assurance, pact’, from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēowe, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro), noun form of *trewwjaz ‘trusty, faithful’. More at true.
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Noun [edit]
truce (plural truces)
- a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
- an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time
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a period of time in which no fighting takes place
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an agreement between opposed parties
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Adjective [edit]
truce m and f (m and f plural truci)
