truce
A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
Other meanings
An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.
“He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.”
Synonyms
- armistice
- ceasefire
- cease-fire
Related words
- trucebreaker
- trucebreaking
- truceless
- trucemaker
- trucemaking
- trucer
- trucial
- untruced
Word history
From Old English "trēowa".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “truce” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.