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Definitions
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
Word origin
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-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
Used in a sentence
“An uneasy truce”
“[I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.”
“He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Temporary peace”5 letters
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