truce
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro), noun form of *triwwiz (“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
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in The Last Man, volume 3:
- They should meet that night on some neutral spot to ratify the truce.
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Translations[edit]
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 (masculine and feminine plural truci)
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