truce

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noun

1
: a suspension of fighting especially of considerable duration by agreement of opposing forces : armistice, ceasefire
2
: a respite especially from a disagreeable or painful state or action

truce

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verb

truced; trucing

intransitive verb

: to make a truce

transitive verb

: to end with a truce

Examples of truce in a Sentence

Noun There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months. both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Noun
Although Israel has routinely ignored U.S. advice in recent months in its prosecution of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon and in negotiations over truces, this time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently heeded the calls to calibrate targeting. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 And herein lies another reason Mr. Netanyahu is not rushing toward a truce, says Mitchell Barak, an analyst who worked with him in the 1990s. Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024 Two days earlier, two lower-ranking Hezbollah officials had also talked about a Lebanon truce without making a linkage with Gaza. NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024 About a decade ago, the companies agreed to a truce, but that proved to be only temporary. Daxia Rojas, Fortune Europe, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for truce 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English trewes, plural of trewe agreement, from Old English trēow fidelity; akin to Old English trēowe faithful — more at true entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of truce was in the 13th century

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Cite this Entry

“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

truce

noun
ˈtrüs
1
: a temporary stopping of fighting (as in a war)
2
: a short rest especially from something unpleasant

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