truce

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an agreement between opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a limited time

   Both armies observed the truce while negotiators discussed an exchange of prisoners.

From Middle English trewes or trues, originally a plural meaning 'pledges of good faith,' from Old English trēow, 'faith, pledge, agreement.' The same Germanic family produced true and trust; the plural form was later treated as the singular truce.

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